Vocab
Define Scrupulous:
A. Easily excused
B. Having high moral standards
C. Not able to be wounded or hurt
D. Spiteful, showing ill will
B. Having high moral standards
“She’s not mortal, she’s an immortal evil, / Dread, dire, ferocious, unfightable. / There is no defense. It’s flight, not fight”
Circe
Throughout the text, Telemachus faces his own journey. It is the journey into….
Manhood
Who kills Tybalt?
Romeo
“He spoke, and it hit us like a punch in the gut-- / His booming voice and the sheer size of the monster” (Book 9). This quote is an example of what type of figurative language?
Epic Simile
Define Temerity:
A. Full of malice
B. A difference
C. Rashness, boldness
D. Mercy, humaneness
C. Rashness, boldness
“No mortal / in his best days could budge it with a crowbar. / There is our pact and pledge, out secret sign.”
Odysseus
Athena appears to which character in a dream so that she can help Odysseus get home?
Nausicaa
What is Mercutio’s point in telling the Queen Mab story?
Dreams are meaningless
Romeo’s choice to kill Tybalt is what part of the plot structure?
Climax
Mercutio tries to provide ___________________ to Romeo by talking about Queen Mab when he hears of Romeo’s frightening dream.
A. Solace
B. Malevolent
C. Uncanny
D. Dearth
A. Solace
"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate."
Prince
A goddess who turns men to swine is…
Circe
The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because...
He thinks the marriage might put an end to the feud.
When a character is alone on stage, giving a long speech, it is called a….
Soliloquy
Romeo’s banishment came at a(n) (inopportune / diffident) time since it was right after his marriage to Juliet.
Inopportune
"Alack, alack, what blood is this which stains / The stony entrance of this sepulcher?"
Friar Laurence
Why does Odysseus become angry when he reveals his true identity to Penelope?
Penelope tries to make Odysseus move his bed to the hallway to sleep
Romeo’s treatment of the wounded Paris shows...
A. Great medical skill.
B. Youthful insensitivity.
C. Compassion and maturity.
D. Immaturity and anger.
C. Compassion and maturity.
The following quotation is an example of….
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”
Metaphor
Romeo wishes the Prince would ___________________ his punishment of banishment so that he can stay longer with Juliet, but his murderous actions are far from being ___________________ .
A. Repose; Dearth
B. Expunge; Infallible
C. Skulk; Truculent
D. Bequeath; Solace
B. Expunge; Infallible
“Friends first, him last. That’s my gift to you.”
Cyclops
“When they saw the strangers / a hail went up, and all that crowd came forward / calling out invitations to the feast” is a quote that best illustrates what Greek concept?
Hospitality
When Capulet says, “All things that we ordained festival / Turn from their office to black funeral,” he means that...
All of the preparations for the wedding will now be used for the funeral.
When does the climax in occur for The Odyssey?
Odysseus reveals his true identity to the suitors in his palace