Cicero
Grammar
Reasoning
Debate
Poetry
100

What was Catiline doing to cause Cicero to call the Senate to meet?

What is:

*conspiring to murder several senators and Cicero, 

*set fire to Rome, 

*basic revolution to be able to take over government and bring about huge debt relief 

(any of the above are acceptable answers)

100

sum

what is to be

100

Total rejection of established laws and institutions - anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity

What is nihilism

100

Besides radios, what were two other consumer items that revolutionized the way people communicated or were   entertained?

What are motion pictures and the telephone

100

certain words or phrases repeated multiple times

What is repetition?

200

How does Cicero restate his reason for delaying Catiline's execution?

What is "even if one person is able to defend/support Catiline, then Cicero won't have him executed.

200

similis, -e

what is like, similar

200

A philosophy emphasizing the uniqueness and isolation of individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regardless human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.

What is existentialism

200

What was the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?

What is assistance to the British in protecting their sea-lanes

200

content of a literary work corresponds to some other meaning beneath the surface

What is allegory

300

What kinds of activities does Cicero say Catiline will do when he's back with his group of friends?

What is

*plotting crimes

*waiting to ambush

*murder

*steal

(any of these answers are acceptable)

300

jam

What is now, longer

300

Characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.

What is enlightenment

300

Which three countries were involved in the Tripartite Pact?

What is Japan, Italy, and Germany


must list all three

300

Rhyme occurring within a line rather than at the end

What is internal rhyme

400

What was the purpose of the first speech?

What is to persuade the senate to be against Catiline and to persuade Catiline to leave. 

400

suus, -a, um

What is (3rd person possessive pronoun) - his, their

400

belief of theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.

What is rationalism

400

Who won the Korean War?

What is "...it was neither a loss nor a 'tie' for the United States..."

400

lyric, narrative, epic, ballad, elegy, dramatic monologue, didactic

What are poem genres

500

What special decree did the Senate make (after second oration)?

What is to honor Cicero with a special celebration of thanksgiving to the gods.
500

conscientia, -ae

What is knowledge, conciousness

500

hostile to religion, sought artaraxia - Peace of Mind - through "refined hedonism"

What is Epicureans

500

Where was the 1968 Democratic Convention held?

What is Chicago

500

A poem composed of six stanzas of six lines followed by a three-line envoy

What is sestina

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