The Ancient World
The Early Modern Era
Literary Authors
Figurative Language
Grab Bag
100
From what literary text/work comes the following poetic passage: “Seven whole days I have not seen my beloved / Illness has invaded me, / my limbs have grown heavy, / and I barely sense my own body. / Should the master physicians come to me, / their medicines could not ease my heart.” The narrator goes on to explain that only his beloved, whose love is more powerful than “the Physician’s Manual” can heal him.
What is the Egyptian Love Poetry.
100
Meaning "rebirth" or "renewal," this is a term that has been used to describe a "rebirth" of learning, art, and science in the Western world.
What is the Renaissance.
100
Author of Hamlet.
Who is Shakespeare.
100
You are using a _______________ when you say, "She is a walking dictionary."
What is metaphor.
100
In the Aeneid, the Trojans sneak into a city by creating a large wooden ________________, filling it with soldiers, and offering it as a gift to the unsuspecting inhabitants of the city.
What is a "horse."
200
The Epic of Gilgamesh, discovered well after the compilation of The Bible, contains a detailed account of a similar story to one found in the Old Testament. What is that story?
What is Noah's ark.
200
A device used in drama, and often in Shakespeare's works, to help the audience understand a character's innermost thoughts....."To be, or not to be..."
What is a soliloquy.
200
Author of Oedipus the King.
Who is Sophocles?
200
In poetry, when several words in a phrase begin with the same sound. ("Peter Piper picked a peck...").
What is alliteration.
200
The Queen of Carthage who dies of love for Aeneas.
Who is Dido?
300
This story begins with these words: “Wars and a man I sing--an exile driven on by fate, / he was the first to flee the coast of Troy, / destined to reach Lavinian shores and Italian soil.”
What is The Aeneid.
300
Shakespeare wrote comedies, histories, and ________________.
What are tragedies.
300
Wrote the Aeneid.
Who is Virgil.
300
A part represents the whole.
What is metonymy.
300
In the Aeneid, this is the name of the god (or goddess) over all the other gods; Aeneas serves this god.
Who is Jupiter?
400
In the Aeneid, this is the god (or goddess) who always tries to frustrate Aeneas' goals. (Double Jeopardy: You get double points if you get this right).
Who is Juno?
400
Within the context of Hamlet, this is the country in which Hamlet and his acquaintances live.
What is Denmark.
400
Considered the "father of Italian humanism." Also, writer of sonnets. (Daily Double: Double points of you know his first name, too).
Who is Franscesco Petrarch.
400
In literature, describing an inanimate object or an animal as if it had human qualities.
What is personification.
400
Starting a story "in the middle of things"...a 3-word Latin term used by fiction writers and dramatists to describe a type of narrative beginning.
What is in media res.
500
The __________ in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation.
What is the chorus.
500
A female character in Hamlet, she is a young noblewoman, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet.
Who is Ophelia.
500
Author of the Dao de Jing.
Who is Lao-zi.
500
Fictional narratives that are told to an audience in order to teach a moral or spiritual lesson, such as were told by Jesus in the Gospels.
What is a parable.
500
Like the Russian dolls that fit one inside another, this is a storytelling technique with stories inside stories inside stories.
What is the frame-tale narrative.
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