Catechism
Satan's lie to Eve
Classical literature often begins with a tribute to these ladies
Who are the muses?
The part of an essay that captures the reader's attention
What is a hook?
The Tempest takes place within this amount of time
What is three hours?
“…all my great deeds of arms that I have done, I did for the most part for the queen’s sake, and for her sake would I do battle were it right or wrong, and never did I battle all only for God’s sake, but for to win worship and to cause me to be the better beloved and little or nought I thanked God of it.”
Who is Lancelot (13.20 Le Morte d'Arthur)?
The only knight worthy of obtaining the quest of the Holy Grail
Who is Sir Galahad?
Beowulf is warned to not give way to this.
What is pride?
For two millennia, this religious book has been treated as fact.
What is the Bible?
This essay examines the similarities or differences of two things
What is a comparison contrast essay?
The ritual of guest-friendship
What is xenia?
Who is Lotus (A Hero Born)?
Prospero's name for his supernatural powers
What is "my art"?
That which hath ravished Dr. Faustus.
What is magic?
A geneaology of a group or system of gods
What is theogony?
The main claim you are trying to make in an essay, which you will support with proofs
What is a thesis?
This brother tried to rescue Joseph from his brother's treachery
Who is Rueben?
"But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive."
Who is Joseph?
This wise heroine told fascinating stories in an effort to save the girls in her kingdom from the sultan's cruel edict.
Who is Scheherazade?
"That which is evil..."
What is "...contains far less wisdom than that which is good"?
The meter of the great classical epics
What is dactylic hexameter?
What is a narrative essay?
Odysseus' crew is doomed when they do this
What is eat the cattle of the sun god (Helios)?
"Hand to hand is how it will be, a life and death fight against the fiend, and he whom death bears off shall submit to the judgement of the Lord."
These shifus trained Guo Jing
Who are the Seven Freaks of the South? (They never could change their name after ____ was killed!)
He was challenged to be "kindlier moved than thou art."
Who is Prospero?
Ways to approach an ancient text:
compare it to modern day
with humility
ignore the author's background
critique the language
What is "with humility"?
Don't judge the text. Be teachable and open to what the author has to teach you.
An essay in which you define a term and provide examples
What is a Definition Essay?
Poetic device that uses compound nouns or adjectives. This is brain-baffling!
What is a kenning?
"You rustic shepherds, bellies you are, not men!"
Who are the muses (Theogony)?
King Arthur made his knights take this vow at Pentecost each year
What is a vow of chivalry?
Finish this line: "I am Odysseus..."
What is "...son of Laertes, known to the world for every kind of craft -- my fame has reached the skies"?
Achilles, Jason, Theseus, Odysseus, Agamemnon and Heracles belong to this age.
What is the Age of Heroes?
What is the literary present tense?
The two dyansties at war in A Hero Born
Who are the Song and the Jin dynasties?
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep"
Who is Prospero (The Tempest)?
Writer who made famous this saying of Helen: "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?"
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
"...and therefore ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ than to live with shame..."
What is "I had leifer to die with honour"?
Literary art form that:
1. Is written in a formal style
2. Contains third-person narration and an omniscient narrator
3. Frequently invokes a Muse who provides inspiration and guidance to the poet
4. Takes place in an era beyond the range of any living memory
5. Typically includes a journey across a variety of settings and terrains
6. Features a hero with immense bravery and resolve
7. Includes obstacles and circumstances that are otherworldly and even supernatural—pitting the hero against nearly insurmountable odds
8. Looks with concern to the future of a civilization or culture
What is epic poetry?
The part of a persuasive essay that considers the opposing point of view
What is a refutation?
Shakespeare wrote during this literary era (give any of three possible eras)
What is the Age of Shakespeare, The Elizabethan Age, or the Jacobean Era?
"The hand that can string the bow with greatest ease, that shoots an arrow clean through all twelve axes--he's the man I follow, yes, forsaking this house where I once was a bride..."
Who is Penelope (The Odyssey)?
Author of Le Morte D'Arthur
Who is Sir Thomas Malory?
Martial heroes swear allegiance to one another and are prepared to die for friendship because... " "
What is "in times of peril who cares for mine own flesh"?
Ancient poem in which a pagan and barbaric system clashes and merges uneasily with Christianity
What is Beowulf?
The part of a persuasive essay that examines to whom an issue matters and why
What is an amplification?
He lamented, “…had I but retained so much self-command as I ought to have had, I should have been this day the happiest of all mankind, whereas now I am the most unfortunate. But through my weakness, which I shall ever repent, and the temptations of an evil spirit, I opened that fatal door!”
Who is the third calendar/Agib in "The Story of the Third Calendar"?
"Can your majesty be in such great astonishment at cucumbers stuffed with pearls, which you see with your own eyes, and yet so easily believe that the queen your wife was the mother of a dog, a cat, and of a piece of wood?"
Who is the speaking-bird in "The Story of the Three Sisters"?
Knight who refused to forgive Lancelot for killing his brother, demanding King Arthur to declare war against him in revenge
Who is Gawain?