Classical Literature
Who wrote The Republic?
Plato
Who wrote The Divine Comedy?
Dante Alighieri
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
Eldest Pandava?
Yudhishthira
Prince of Denmark?
Hamlet
Lyric poet from Lesbos?
Sappho
In Everyman, who must the hero face?
Death
Author of Oration on the Dignity of Man?
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Who guides Arjuna in battle?
Krishna
Who killed King Hamlet?
Claudius
Antigone disobeys the king to bury whom?
Her brother
Who is tested in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
Sir Gawain
Author of The Book of the Courtier?
Baldassare Castiglione
What game do the Kauravas use to cheat?
Dice
Hamlet’s loyal friend?
Horatio
Name one form of classical literature besides poetry.
Drama (or Philosophy)
Main theme of medieval allegories?
Morality
Central theme of Renaissance humanism?
Human potential
Who is the ambitious leader of the Kauravas?
Duryodhana
Famous soliloquy begins with?
“To be, or not to be”
Who founded the Academy in Athens?
Plato
Code of knights in medieval tales?
Chivalry
Star-crossed lovers in Verona?
Romeo and Juliet
Who is the tragic warrior allied with the Kauravas?
Karna
Who becomes king at the end?
Fortinbras