Unit 1
What is Solon's Warning?
"Call no man happy until he is dead"
What creature does Socrates compare himself to in the Apology. (Be specific.)
Full points: a gadfly
Half points: a fly/bug
What is the name of the big bad company in "Okja?"
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is their to see it, did it really happen at all?
Of course! I just said, "a tree falls in the forest." What do you mean it didn't happen!?
What kinds of things, according to Epictetus, are in our control?
Our internal states and our actions: "opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions."
What does Socrates propose as his punishment for his supposed crimes against the Athenian people?
Free meals in the prytaneum.
What is Rick and Ilsa's song in "Casablanca?"
"As Time Goes By"
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Not only do eggs predate chickens in general, modern chickens evolved from a variety of wild jungle fowl that all use eggs to reproduce.
In Derek Walcott's poem, "Love After Love," who will you greet "arriving at our your door?"
Yourself
What is the bet in "The Bet" by Anton Checkov
First, the banker bets the lawyer two million rubles that he cannot stay in solitary confinement for five years. Then, the lawyer, unbelievably, raises the bet to fifteen years.
Name one of 22's previous mentors in "Soul."
Ghandi, Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Mohammad Ali, Marie Antoinette, Carl Jung
Which expression does Mr. Griffith use the most: "absolutely," "totally," or "mmmm?"
Totally, totally
What should we say, according to Epictetus, when something is lost or when something dies?
It is "returned"
What shapes are the rooms/galleries in the Library of Babel, according to Borges?
Hexagons
What instrument does Connie play (Joe's student) in "Soul?"
The Trombone
What is Mr. Griffith's middle name?
You'll never know!