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The writings of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries did what for the world of literature?
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marked a shift from Latin to the vernacular; witnessed experimentation with new literary forms; marked a new interest in a variety of secular subjects
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Who served as models and inspirations to the English writers of the sixteenth century?
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Petrarch and Boccaccio
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What genre experienced a resurgance of writing?
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non-fiction
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When did the War of the Roses end?
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1485
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What brought about the decline of the influence of the Catholic Church in England?
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Henry VIII's need for a divorce, and the resulting Reformation
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When did the England defeat the Spanish Armada?
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1588
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What language began replacing Latin as the predominant language of serious writing?
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English
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Literacy increased due to the development of what?
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the printing press
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The literature of the 16th century was no longer limited to the church and court but instead had a (larger/smaller) circulation due to the invention of the printing press.
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larger
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What sparked the revival of classical learning after 1453?
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the manuscripts being brought to Europe by scholars who had escaped Constantinople after its fall in 1453.
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When did Constantinople fall?
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1453
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What were the two effects of ancient manuscripts being tanslated into English?
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classical standards were applied to works written int he vernacular; English humanists took interest in creating a new concept of a good life based on classical ethics
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During the 16th century, the recently acquired wealth of english gentlmen offered them what, impacting the literature of the period.
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oportunities to travel and encounter other cultuers
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What were the earliest English plays called?
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miracles and/or mysteries
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The earliest English plays developed from religious services, just like the plays dedicated to Dionysus, a god from _____.
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Ancient Greece
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Miracles and mysteries were originally performed where?
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inside churches
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What is the title of the most famous of the surviving morality plays, dating from the late 15th century?
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Everyman
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The short farcical plays performed for occasional relief from moral and religious plays were called what?
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interludes
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The renewed interest in Greek and Latin literature led to what?
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longer comedies based on Latin models
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What are two of the comedies based off of the Latin comedies based of the works of Plautus and Terence?
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Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553), and Gammer Gurton's Needle (c. 1533)
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Who wrote Ralph Roister Doister in 1553?
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Nicholas Udall, a schoolmaster
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Who wrote Gammer Gurton's Needle in 1533?
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We don't know. It's an anonymous work.
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Latin tragedies were modeled after the tragedies of who?
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Seneca
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What was the title of the most famous of the tragedies modeled after Seneca?
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Gorboduc
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Who wrote Gorboduc?
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Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton
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Ralph Roister Doister, Gammer Gurton's Needle, and Gorboduc were written to be what?
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amateur performances by schoolboys or university students
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Gorboduc was written in _____, newly imported from Italy.
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blank verse
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Who built the first theatre in London?
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James Burbage
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What did James Burbage call his theatre?
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The Theatre
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List the London theatres in the order in which they opened: Blackfriars, Globe, Theatre.
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The Theatre, The Globe, then the Blackfriars
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What shape was The Theatre and the Globe Theatre?
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hexagonal
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How many galleries did the The Theatre and the Globe Theatre have?
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three levels
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What shape was the stage and the pit of The Theatre and the Globe?
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circular
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Who played female roles?
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young boys
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How was love expressed on stage?
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through language alone because the female roles were acted by young boys
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Were the costumes elaborate or minimal?
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elaborate
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Was the scenery elaborate or minimal?
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minimal
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Because plays were performed in daylight, playwrights had to compensate for lighting by using what?
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language and imagery (think the balcony scene in romeo and Juliet)
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Why did playwrights have to include language to take care of entrances, exits, and the removal of corpses?
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Because there were no curtains and they had no control of lighting (everything was performed in daylight)
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Why was the lack of scenery advantagious to playwrights?
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Changing scenes was very easy because there was minimal scenery to change
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When did William Shakespeare appear in London?
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around 1584
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Who especially prepared the way for Shakespeare to succeed on the stage?
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Marlowe
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How old was Marlowe when he died?
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29
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What verse style did Marlowe utilize in all of his plays?
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blank verse
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What theme did all of Matrlowe's plays focus on?
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a single individual with overreaching ambitions for which he was willing to die
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What was Marlowe's occupation when he wrote TAmburlaine?
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student
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The play, Dr. Faustus, was based off what?
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a Germanic legend
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What two things did Shakespeare learn from Marlowe?
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how to focus on a powerful character and how to handle blank verse
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How much do we know about Shakespeare's life?
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very little
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In what century was the first biography of Shakespeare written?
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18th century
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Who published the first biogrpahy of Shakespeare?
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Nicholas Rowe
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When was the first biography of Shakespeare published?
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1709
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What was Rowe's biography was based on?
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hearsay
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Why did Rowe conclude that Shakespeare was ignorant due to a lack of education?
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Shakespeare often neglected the Greek unities of place and time
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Did Shakespeare attend Cambridge?
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No
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Where was Shakespeare educated?
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at the well-endowed grammer school in Stratford, which was offered so that the children of the town could be educated free of charge
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What year was Shakespeare christened?
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1564
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Who is the patron saint of England?
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St. George
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Shakespeare's birthday (and deathday) is usually fixed at April 23, which is also known as _____.
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St. George's Day
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Whom did Shakespeare marry?
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Anne Hathaway
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How many children did Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway have?
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3
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About how old was Shakespeare when he traveled to London?
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about 20 years old
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What are the names of Shakespeare's two long narrative poems?
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Venus and Adonis, and The Rape of Lucece
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Who is Venus and Adonis dedicated to?
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Shakespeare's patron, the Earl of Southampton
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Who is The Rape of Lucece dedicated to?
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Shakespeare's patron, the Earl of Southampton
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Why did London theatres close from 1591-1593?
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the outbreak of the plague
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What was the name of Shakespeare's acting company?
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Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Who was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
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Queen Elizabeth, and later King James
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After King James ascended the thrown, what did the Lord Chamberlain's Men change their name to?
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the King's Men
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About how many plays did Shakespeare produce?
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an average of 2 a year, for 20 years
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When did Shakespeare die?
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1616
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Who did acting companies registered their playbooks with to prevent pirating?
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Stationers' Register
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How many of Shakespeare's plays were published without his permission during his lifetime?
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16
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What types of plays are included in Shakespeare's first group?
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early comedies and his first cycle of history plays
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What types of plays are included in Shakespeare's second group?
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the great comedies, the second history cycle, and Romeo and Juliet
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What plays are included in Shakespeare's third group?
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the seven great tragedies and the problem plays
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What types of plays are included in the fourth group?
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the Romances
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What is the most famous of Shakespeare's romance works?
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The Tempest
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What three things did Shakespeare and his contemporaries do to put their own stamp on tragedy?
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developed a more loosely structured plot (included subplots); a larger cast of characters; mixed serious and comic elements;
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What is parallelism?
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a sentence style in which sentence elements that are alike in function are also alike in grammatical form
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What is an anaphora?
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the repetition of an identical word or group of words in successive clauses
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What is hyperbole?
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exaggeration for the sake of rhetorical effect
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What is an allusion?
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a referene to someone or something outside the work; allusions can be made to a historical or literay character or event
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What is litotes?
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an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
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What is a tragic hero?
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a character of high stature who moves from prosperity to adversity through some mistake in judgment
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Define "catharsis"
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audience's feeling of exaltation at the end of tragedy when emotions of pity and tragedy have been aroused and purged
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Define "hamartia"
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error in judgment by tragic hero that leads to his/her downfall
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Define "hubris"
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tragic hero's excessive pride and self-confidence
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What is the peripeteia?
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the tragic hero's reversal of fortune
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What is the anagnorisis?
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the tragic hero's moment of enlightenment
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Where is Antony & Cleopatra set?
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Rome, Alexandria, Athens, Parthia, and Sicily
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How many scenes does Antony and Cleopatra have?
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42
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What are the major themes of Antony & Cleopatra (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)?
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politics, leadership, love, youth and age, passion and responsibility, fickleness of the crowd
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Define "litotes"
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an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
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Describe Antony (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)?
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great soldier, torn between power and Cleopatra
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Describe Cleopatra (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab?
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fascinating and cunning, regal in the end
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Describe Octavius Caesar (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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competent and ruthless
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Describe Octavia (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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used as a political pawn, gentle and kind
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Describe Charmian and Iras(according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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loyal to Cleopatra
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Describe Enobarbus (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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cynical commentator on the action
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Describe Lepidus (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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weak but well-intentioned triumvir
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Describe Pompey (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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ambitious but weak
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Describe Ventidius (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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Antony's lieutenant in Parthia
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Describe Benedick (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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confirmed bachelor, scornful of love, witty
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Describe Beatrice (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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scornful of love and marriage; witty and kind
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Describe Claudio (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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brave and impulsive soldier
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Describe Hero (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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beautiful and conventional, falsely accused
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Describe Margaret (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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maid to Hero who unwittingly joins plot against her
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Describe Don Pedro (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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aristocratic Spaniard visiting Messina
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Describe Leonato (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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father of Hero
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Describe Don John (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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bastard brother of Don Pedro
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Describe Borachio (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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devises plot against Hero for money
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Describe Dogberry, Verges and the Watch (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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comic relief, hold clue to the play's resolution
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Describe Friar Francis (according to the USAD Lang/Lit tab)
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priest who recognized Hero's innocence and comes up with a plan to save her
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When was Antony & Cleopatra entered into the Stationers' Register?
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1608
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Where did Shakespeare find his material for tragedy?
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in the heroic past, like his Greek predecessors
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What is the paradox of tragedy?
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The paradox of tragedy is that the heroes and heroines are knowingly undone by their most admirable traits.
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What causes the downfall of Antony and Cleopatra?
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their transcendent love and devotion to each other
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Why does Shakespeare usually not permit the suicide of his tragic heroes?
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He is mindful fo Christian doctrine. The only exception to this was in his Roman tragedies, because he can't rewrite history and in ancient Rome, suicide was considered the honorable course.
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Why does Shakespeare offer little explanation of the events in Antony & Cleopatra?
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Because the historical background of Antony & Cleopatra would have been well known to the audience of Shakespeare's day
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What are the names of the three triumvirs in Antony & Cleopatra?
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Antony, Octavious Caesar, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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What land did Antony control?
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the eastern provinces
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What land did Octavius control?
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the western provinces
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What land di Lepidus control?
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Africa
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The action of Antony and Cleopatra covers what period of (historical) time?
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40 to 30 BC
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Who threatens the security of the triumvirate?
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Pompey
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When did the Battle of Actium take place?
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31 BC
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After Antony and Cleopatra both died, what did Octavius Caesar do?
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He returned to Rome, took the title of Augustus, and reigned as Rome's first emporer until 14 AD
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What was Shakespeare's main source of information for Antony & Cleopatra?
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Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch
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Who was likely the translator of the edition of Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Shakespeare used when researching Antony & Cleopatra?
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Sir Thomas North
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How does Shakespeare's rendition of Antony & Cleopatra different from Plutarch's?
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Shakespeare's attitude is different, giving the description of Cleopatra in Cydnus to the cynical Enobarbus
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In what ways are Virgil's Aeneid and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra alike?
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both have aspects of a historical chronical as they follow a hero through a series of incidents, including his dallying with a North African queen
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Why did early critics attack Antony & Cleopatra's apparently haphazard construction of the play?
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Because the early critics were aware of the Greek unities of time, place, and even action, which Shakespeare completely ignored.
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In Antony & CLeopatra, what purpose does the apparent messiness of the rapid changes of short scenes serve?
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It enhances major themes (such as the contrast between stern and disciplined Rome and the luxurious pleasures of Egypt.)
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In what scene do messengers first appear in Antony & Cleopatra?
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the first scene (a messenger arrives from Rome)
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What purpose do messengers serve?
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their news advances the plot and their treatment reveals characters' personality traits
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Why did Shakespeare mix comedy with tragdy?
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He understood that comedy and tragedy are not clearly separated in real-life situations.
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"Shakespeare's tragedies usually contain ghosts, soothsayers, omens, or other supernatural elements." Which of those supernatural elements are found in Antony & Cleopatra?
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soothsayer & omens; the soothsayer interprets the swallows nesting in Cleopatra's boats as a bad omen
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Define "synecdoche." (pronounced sin-ek'-doe-key)
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the use of the part for the whole; i.e. hired hands, head of cattle
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Define "apostrophe."
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the direct address of an abstraction or a person not present
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Define "syntax."
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the way words, phrases, and clauses are combined to form sentences; (i.e. sentence structure, and word order)
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What is an epic?
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an extended narrative of a nation's heroic past
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What is lyric poetry?
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a type of poetry expressing the speaker's personal thoughts or feelings; usually short;
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What is narrative poetry?
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non-dramatic verse that tells a story
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What is dramatic poetry?
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poetry where a character speaks
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What is a dramatic monologue?
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a poem in which the poet assumes the persona of one character and spaks through him/her
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In poetry, what is meter?
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a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Define "rhyme."
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repetition of accented vowel sound at the end of a line
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Define "masculine rhyme."
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rhyme involving only one syllable
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Define "feminine rhyme."
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rhyme involving more than one syllable
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Define "internal rhyme."
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rhyme in the middle of the line, rhyming with word at the end of the line
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Define "eye rhyme."
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rhyming that depends on spelling rather than sound
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Define "slant rhyme."
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inexact rhyme
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Define "blank verse."
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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What are couplets?
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pairs of rhyming lines
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What are heroic couplets?
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couplets in iambic pentameter
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What are closed couplets?
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couplets that form complete sentences ending in periods or semi-colons
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What does it mean when a poem is "end-stopped?"
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describes lines of poetry that end with a period or semi-colon
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What is enjambment?
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continuation of the sense of one line to another without a grammatical pause
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What is free verse?
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verse without rhyme or a regular metrical pattern
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What is a stanza?
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a group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout the poem
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What is a ballad?
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a narrative poem originally designed to be sung
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What is a ballad stanza?
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a quatrain of alternate iambic tetrametera nd trimeter lines, rhyming abab
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What is rhyme royal?
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a seven-line stanza in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc
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What is a sonnet?
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a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a complicated rhyme scheme
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What is a Petrarchan sonnet?
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a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter rhyming abba abba cdecde
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What is an English sonnet?
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a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter rhyming abba abba cddc ee
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What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
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a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter rhyming abab cdcd efef gg
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What is a Spenserian sonnet?
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a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter rhyming abab bcbc cdcd ee
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What is alliteration?
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the repetition of initial consonants
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What is assonance?
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repetition of vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllables
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What is consonance?
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repetition of consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds
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What is onomatopoeia?
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direct verbal imitation of natural sounds
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What is an aubade?
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a song of regret sung by lovers who must part at dawn
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What is an epic simile?
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an elaborate extended simile
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What is a caesura?
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a natural rhythmic pause in a line of verse
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What is inversion?
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reversing the natural word order to accommodate meter or rhyme
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What is Metaphysical Conceit?
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extended comparison of objects that are dissimilar
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What is an ode?
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a longer lyric poem on a serious subject
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What is pathetic fallacy?
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attributing human emotions to inanimate objects
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What is substitution?
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the use of a foot other than the one demanded by the meter (usually trochaic for iambic at the beginning of a line)
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What is a transferred epithet?
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an adjective used to describe a noun to which it doesn't usually apply
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Which of our short selection pieces did Sir Thomas Wyatt write?
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"They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek"
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What are the birth/death dates for Sir Thomas Wyatt?
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1503-1542
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What are Wyatt's notable accomplishments?
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courtier and diplomat; discovered sonnet and blank verse in Italy; experimented with form and meter; used Petrarchan themes
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Which of our short selection pieces did Edmund Spenser write?
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Sonnet LIIII
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What are the birth/death dates for Edmund Spenser?
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c.1552 - 1599
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What are Spenser's notable accomplishments?
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experimented with meter; The Faerie Queene; Spenserian stanza; Spenserian sonnet
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Which of our short selection pieces did Christopher Marlowe write?
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"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love"
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What are the birth/death dates for Christopher Marlowe?
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c.1564 - 1593
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What are Marlowe's notable accomplishments?
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early tragedies; translations of Ovid; Hero and Leander; pastoral poetry
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Which of our short selections did William Shakespeare write?
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Sonnet 30
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What are the birth/death dates for Shakespeare?
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1564-1616
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What are Shakespeare's notable accomplishments?
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tragedies and comedies; narrative poems; sonnets; variety of themes
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Which of our short selection pieces was written by John Donne?
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The Sun Rising
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What are the birth/death dates for Donne?
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1572-1631
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What are John Donne's notable accomplishments?
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Dean of St. Paul's; sermons and meditations; religious and love poems; emotion and intellect; neutral style
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Which of our short selection pieces was written by Francis Bacon?
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Of Travel
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What are the birth/death dates for Francis Bacon?
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1561-1626
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What are Bacon's accomplishments?
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statesman and philosopher; arrest for bribery; essays and longer prose works; Latinate style
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Who wrote "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
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Who wrote Sonnet LIIII?
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Edmund Spenser
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Who wrote "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love"
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Christopher Marlowe
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Who wrote Sonnet 30?
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William Shakespeare
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Who wrote "The Sun Rising?"
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John Donne
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Who wrote "Of Travel?"
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Francis Bacon
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Who wrote The Faerie Queene?
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Edmund Spenser
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What are the major themes of Much Ado About Nothing?
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deception, love, noting
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What is the setting of Much Ado About Nothing?
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Messina, Sicily, soon after the war; action lasts just over a week
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Why are Lepidus and Octavius concerned about Antony spending time in Egypt?
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The stability of the known world depends on the strength and cooperation of the three men, therefore Antony's conduct is not merely personal, but can affect the stability of the empire.
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Which character in Antony & Cleopatra is hugely popular with his men for his conviviality, his generosity, and his sharing of his solderis' hardships?
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Antony
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Which character in Antony & Cleopatra is calculatingly efficient?
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Octavius
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How do Antony & Cleopatra express their love for one another in the play?
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through magnificent speeches
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How old is Octavius at the time of the action within Antony & Cleopatra?
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23
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How old is Cleopatra at the time of the action within Antony & Cleopatra?
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29
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Name Antony's two wives.
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Fulvia & Octavia
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Whose lead does Antony follow in the Battle of Actium?
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Cleopatra's
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How does Shakespeare's Antony compare to Plutarch's Antony?
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Shakespeare's treatment of Antony is kinder whereas Plutarch took a more moralistic approach and paused to praise or blame
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How does Shakespeare portray Antony? (less-than-life, life-sized, larger-than-life)
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larger than life
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What is the attitude of Antony's officers in the first scene of the play?
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disappointment in his declining soldiership as a result of his obsession with Cleopatra
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Which of Antony's servants deserts him after the Battle of Actium?
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Enobarbus
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How does Antony's losing the Battle of Actium demonstrate the integrity of his character?
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It shows his commitment to Cleopatra even when such action will bring about his own destruction
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How many scenes of Antony's debauchery are dramatically presented?
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none
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Do Antony's officers make derogatory comments about Antony's lifestyle (his "gaudy nights"?
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no
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What does Antony believe represents "the nobleness of life?"
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feasting and revelry
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Which character makes the most derogatory comments about Antony's lifestyle?
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Octavius
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Which author describes Antony's cruelty in more detail, Plutarch or Shakespeare?
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Plutarch
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Who does Antony compare the love he shares with Cleopatra with?
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the love of Dido and Aeneas
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Where does Antony die?
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in Cleopatra's arms
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Who dies first, Antony or Cleopatra?
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Antony
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What does Antony NOT do upon hearing that Cleopatra's death is a trick?
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he does not berate her
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Where does Shakespeare get his information for the character of Cleopatra?
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Plutarch
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Does Antony's facination with Cleopatra depend on her beauty?
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no
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Who is Isis?
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an Egyptian goddess
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As Antony is dying, how does he address Cleopatra?
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as the embodiment of Egypt: "I am dying, Egypt, dying" (IV, xv, 22)
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What is Cleopatra the expert of?
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self-presentation
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When Cleopatra arrives at Cydnus for her first meeting with Antony, who do both Plutarch and Shakespeare compare her to?
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Venus
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Who does Cleopatra become envious of?
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Octavia, Antony's second wife
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Who had Cleopatra had affairs with before having an affair with Antony?
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Julius Caesar and Gnaius Pompey (the older brother of the Pompey who appears in our play)
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Do Antony and Cleopatra view their love realistically or idealistically?
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idealistically
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Who does Cleopatra compare Antony to in Act I, Scene 5?
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Atlas, she describes Antony as "the demi-Atlas of this earth" (I,v,85; I,v,28)
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Why did Cleopatra decide to kill herself with asps?
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she decided it would be quick and painless
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Who does Cleopatra check with before killing herself to see what Caesar's plans for her are?
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Proculeius and Dolabella
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What are Cleopatra's last words?
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"Husband, I come!" (V,ii,342)
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What did Shakespeare do to emphasize the contrast between Antony & Cleopatra?
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modified Plutarch's account of Antony & Cleopatra, and he also modified other characters
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How is Octavius Caesar presented by Shakespeare?
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coldly political man with no personal appetites and a steady mind
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What was Caesar's most coldly political act?
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arranging the marraige of his sister Octavia to Antony in order to achieve a truce
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Is Caesar cynical or optimistic of human nature?
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cynical
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Of the three triumvirs, who always wins in sports and games of chance?
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Octavius Caesar
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Who's good fortune does Shakespeare use to contrast with Antony's fate?
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Octavius Caesar
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What is the tone of Caesar's concluding words on teh deaths of Antony & Cleopatra?
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cold and convention
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What effects do Shakespeare's modifications of Caesar's character have on the story?
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helps to glorify the characters of teh two protagonists
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Which (female) character only speaks 30 lines?
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Octavia
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How many scenes include Octavia?
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3
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Who serves as a political pawn for Octavius Caesar?
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Octavia
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How is Octavia depicted by Shakespeare?
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as being a cold and colorless figure
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Is Octavia a worthy rival of Cleopatra?
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no
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Who is Harley Granville-Barker referring to when he says "a gentler victim of great policies one could not find?"
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Octavia
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What effect does making Octavius Caesar and Octavia less sympathetic have on the reader?
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it enriches our sympathy for Antony and Cleopatra, who have a warmth and imagination that Caesar and Octavia lack
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Who is the first to mention the names Charmian and Iras, Shakespeare or Plutarch?
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Plutarch
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Other than Cleopatra, who else personifies Egype?
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Charmian and Iras
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Which two character share Cleopatra's mysterious kinship of blood, race and sex?
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Charmian and Iras
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Who is the first to mention the name of Enobarbus, Shakespeare or Plutarch?
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Plutarch
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Who invents the character of Enobarbus, Shakespeare or Plutarch?
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Shakespeare
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If Antony & Cleopatra were a classical tragedy, which role would Enobarbus serve within the tragedy?
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the Chorus
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Who is the first to die in the spirit of tragedy in the play, Antony & Cleopatra?
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Enobarbus
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Where does Enobarbus die?
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in a ditch
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Is Enobarbus surprised when Antony follows Cleopatra's retreat at the Battle of Actium?
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no
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What does Enobarbus die of?
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grief
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Does Enobarbus understand Antony's attraction to Cleopatra?
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yes
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What is remarkable about the way that Enobarbus died?
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he died of grief for his lord and also spoke memorable lines in praise of Cleopatra
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How is Lepidus treated by the two other triumvirs?
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he is largely ignored
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Who is being made fun of in Pompey's galley?
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Lepidus
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Who disappears from the action without any explanation?
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Lepidus
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Who is Pompey's father?
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Pompey the Great
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In what way are both Lepidus and Pompey alike?
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they are both manipulated by Caesar
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Who is threatening the triumvirate in the beginning of the play Antony & Cleopatra?
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Pompey
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Who suggests that Pompey kill Antony and Caesar while they are both in his galley drunk?
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Menas
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Why does Pompey not have Antony & Caesar killed while they are in his galley?
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he does not want to get his hands dirty in the process
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How many scenes does Ventidius speak in?
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one
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Who is Ventidius?
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Antony's lieutenant
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Where does Ventitidus win his important victory?
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Parthia
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Why does Ventidius not follow the fleeing Parthians?
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Antony does not like his officers to surpass him in military victory
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Why is the readers's understanding of the characters multi-faceted?
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because characters are presented through comments made by other characters
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How is Shakespeare's style different from the typical style of high tragedy?
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it is more infomral, more colloquial, and more satirical
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What does the Latin phrase "feliciter audax" mean?
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"happy valiance"
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How does Coleridge describe the style of Antony & Cleopatra?
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as "feliciter audax" or "happy valiance"
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Why are Antony's first words to Octavia ironic?
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He has just married her and he tells her that he will not be around a lot
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What does diction add to the style?
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a sense of boldness
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How can the language of the play be described?
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varied
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How is Egypt represented?
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through exotic imagery
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How is Rome represented?
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through cold, plain language
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What kind of verse do the main characters usually speak in?
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blank verse
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What kind of verse do the maids and officers usually speak in?
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prose
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How does the language of Charmian and Irase and Antony's officers compare to that of Cleopatra and Antony?
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the language of Charmian and Iras and the comments of Antony's officers are coarse and ribald in contrast to the grand language of the two principal characters
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What did Shakespeare write BEFORE writing Antony & Cleopatra?
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his four major tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth)
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What do Shakespeare's four major tragedies have in common?
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set in an exotic location; have a single hero; contained soliloquies at important crises
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How is Antony & Cleopatra different from Shakespeare's four major tragedies?
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it has a broader theme, a larger cast of characters, and few and brief soliloquies
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Which literary critic and preeminent Shakespearean scholar refused to place Antony & Cleopatra in the same category as the four great tragedies?
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A. C. Bradley
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What are Shakespeare's four great tragedies?
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Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear
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Why does AC Bradley not consider Antony & Cleopatra to be in the same category as the four major tragedies?
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the characters of Antony and Cleopatra "do not kindle pity and admiration to the full"
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How is Antony & Cleopatra different from other tragedies?
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there are two tragic figures and one of them is a woman. In addition, women usually play minor roles and their speaking parts are limited to a few lines
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How does Cleopatra's role compare to Antony's role in terms of importance?
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they are equal in importance
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Who is the main character in Act V?
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Cleopatra; Antony has died already
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What faults do critics find with the ending of Antony & Cleopatra?
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contanis no final truth or no moral point of reference; no real force of evil; the central characters have no major soliloquies to explain their soul-searching; the moment of recognition(anagnorisis) is very brief if it is present at all
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How do comedies usually end?
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happily
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How are tragedy and comedy alike?
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both genres portray human beings in trying situations
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How do characters in comedy appear?
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limited and foolish
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Tragedies are for those who feel and comedies are for those who _____.
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think
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According to Henri Bergson, what does comedy appeal to?
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the mind, not the heart
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Why does Henri Bergson believe that comedy acts as a social corrective?
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because audiences laugh at human faults
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According to George Meredith, what is the true test of comedy?
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"that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter"
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Why are audiences free to laugh in comedies?
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because their emotions are not engaged and the comic characters are recognizable types rather than individuals
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Is Shakespeare a moralist?
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no
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Are Shakespeare's comedies didactic?
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no
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Does Shakespeare's audience laugh at or with the Shakespeare's characters?
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with
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Describe the vices of the characters in Shakespeare's comedies.
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harmless and amusing (when they have vices at all)
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What is dramatic irony?
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when the audience knows more than the character(s) on stage
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Shakespeare's comedies are usually comedies of situation, which arise from what?
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misunderstandings and disguise
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How do Shakespeare's later comedies end?
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with happy marriages
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What is the tone of Shakespeare's later comedies?
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predominatnly serious, and deeper issues are discussed in moving beautiful poetry
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How are deeper issues discussed in Shakespeare's later comedies?
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in moving beautiful poetry
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In Shakespeare's later comedies, what kind of verse do the young lovers address each other in?
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blank verse
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In Shakespeare's later comedies, what kind of verse do the servants or attendants address each other in?
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prose
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How do Shakespeare's romantic comedies usually end?
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with a wedding or some other celebration
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How important are the female roles in Shakespeare's comedies?
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very important
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How intelligent are the women in Shakespeare's comedies compared to the men?
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the women are usually much brighter than the men
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Who get more of the best speeches in Shakespeare's comedies, men or women?
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women
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What do male disguises do for female characters in Shakespeare's comedies?
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liberates the female character from social restraints
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How many songs are in Much Ado About Nothing?
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two
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How important are music and dance in Shakespeare's plays?
|
very important; they are not tossed in at random but rather are suited to their context.
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When was Much Ado About Nothing registered in the Stationers' Register?
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1600
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Who is Beatrice's foil?
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her cousin, Hero
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In most of Shakespeare's comedies, how do the female characters' male admirers appear?
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languid and insipid compared to the spunky women
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Who does Shakespeare contrast the young lovers of Much Ado About Nothing to?
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ordinary people
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What kind of character has to be dismissed from the world of the play before the happy ending can occur?
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the blocking character
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Who is the blocking character in Much Ado About Nothing?
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Don John
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What does the title indicate about the play?
|
It is not to be taken seriously
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What did George Bernard Shaw think of Much Ado About Nothing?
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he thought it was "a shockingly bad play"
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What source did Shakespeare use for the story of Claudio and Hero?
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"Timbria di Cardona"
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Who wrote "Timbria di Cardona?"
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Matteo Bandello
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Who translated "Timbria di Cardona" from the Italian?
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Francois de Belleforest
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What literary work did Francois de Belleforest write?
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Histoires Tragiques
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Who were the parts for Dogberry and Verges written for?
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Shakespeare's two favorite actors, William Kempe, and Cowley
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Who were Shakespeare's two favorite actors?
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William Kempe and Cowley
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Who originally created the characters of Verges and Dogberry?
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William Shakespeare
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Who originally created the characters of Beatrice and Benedick?
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William Shakespeare
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Where is Much Ado About Nothing set?
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in Messina in Sicily
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Who ruled Sicily from the end of the 13th century until the end of the 17th century?
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the House of Aragon
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What kind of society does Messina have?
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patriarchal
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What is the social climate at the masked ball in Much Ado About Nothing?
|
one of distrust, with one faction constantly spying on the other
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In Much Ado About Nothing, what does the song "Sigh No More, Ladies" emphasize?
|
the strict code of male honor and the subordination of women
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Where have recent production of Much Ado About Nothing been set?
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small towns in turn-of-the-century America, and Hollywood in the 1930s
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How many scenes are there in Much Ado About Nothing?
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17
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The setting of Much Ado About Nothing is restricted to which two places?
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Leonato's house and the gardens in Messina
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How many of the characters in Much Ado About Nothing are introduced in the first scene?
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all of them
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What is established in the first scene of Much Ado About Nothing?
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all of the characters and their respective motives
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What is Claudio's motive?
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to marry Hero
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What is Don Pedro's motive?
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to assist Claudio in wooing Hero
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How many pairs of characters are there in Much Ado About Nothing?
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3; Hero & Claudio, Beatrice & Benedick, Dogberry & Verges
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How many different plots are there in Much Ado About Nothing?
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3; the one with Hero & Claudio, the verbal sparring of Beatrice & Benedick, and the comic mistakes of Dogberry & Verges
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Which song in Much Ado About Nothing foreshadows Claudio's inconsistancy?
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"Sigh No More, Ladies"
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Which song in Much Ado About Nothing is an apology from Claudio for his inconsistancy?
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"Pardon, Goddess of the Night"
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How many soliloquies does Benedick have?
|
two; one in which he rejects the idea of love, and one in which he embraces the idea of love
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Why have critics questioned the unity of Much Ado About Nothing?
|
because it has three separate plots, not one
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How did King Charles I rename his copy of Much Ado About Nothing? (i.e. what was the title he gave it)
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Benedick & Beatrice
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How is unity maintained throughout Much Ado About Nothing?
|
through the themes of love and deception
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How does the language of Shakespeare's comedies compare to the language of his tragedies?
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his comedies are usually more prosaic
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About how much of Much Ado About Nothing is written in prose?
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about 3/4
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What kinds of figurative language does the messenger use in the first scene of Much Ado About Nothing?
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puns, alliteration, paradox, and parallel structure
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Why does Benedick rattle off a list of places to be sent to, to Leonato in the first scene?
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He does not want to have to converse with Beatrice
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Why/How is Dogberry a source of comic relief?
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he mangles the English language with malapropisms in his efforts to appear erudite (smart)
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What kind of irony is utilized throughout the entire play?
|
dramatic irony (where the audience knows more than the characters)
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When Claudio returns from the war, what two things does he notice about Hero?
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her appearance and her potential dowry
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What themes unite Much Ado About Nothing's three separate plots?
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deception, love and noting
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What act does the masked ball scene in Much Ado About Nothing appear in?
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Act II
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When Benedick confesses his love to Beatrice and asks if there's anything he can do for her, what is Beatrice's reply?
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Kill Claudio
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What does Benedick's name mean?
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he who is to be blessed
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What does Beatrice's name mean?
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she who blesses
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What do the names Benedick and Beatrice suggest about the characters?
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that they were meant for each other
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Who is the Greek goddess of mischief?
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Ate
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Who likens Beatrice to the Greek goddess, Ate?
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Benedick
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Does Margaret believe in romantic idealism?
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no
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How is Hero in Much Ado About Nothing similar to Desdemona in Othello?
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they're both falsely accused of improper behavior
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What is Margaret's speech filled with?
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sexual innuendo
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How are Antony & Cleopatra and Much Ado About Nothing alike?
|
they are both love stories, offer splendid roles for women, both have a woman as a central participant in the action who voices frustration at the limits placed on women by society, neither fits neatly into its genre
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What is often considered the most important period of English literature?
|
the Renaissance
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What genre was the most visibly produced by the writers of the Renaissance?
|
drama
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Which literature genre of the Renaissance was most visible, most poular, and probably most lucrative?
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drama
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In what two ways was prose liberated from its previous limitations?
|
its subject matter could be secular, and it could be written in English
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Name three English explorers of the Renaissance who wrote accounts of their voyages.
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Sir John Hawkins, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, and Sir Walter Raleigh
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What kind of poetry was the best product of the Renaissance era?
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lyric poetry
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What are Shakespeare's two long narrative poems?
|
Venus and Adonis (1593), and The Rape of Lucrece (1594)
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What literary work did Richard Tottel write?
|
Songs and Sonnets (also called Tottel's Miscellany)
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Where were all of the writers from our Lang/Lit curriculum from?
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the souther part of England within reasonable reach of London
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Which of our Lang/Lit authors were well-educated?
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all of them
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Which of our Lang/Lit authors attended neither Oxford nor Cambridge?
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Shakespeare
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How many of our Lang/Lit writers isolated himself from the masses and/or the affairs of his country?
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none of them
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Which two writers were NOT involved in public service or held high office?
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Shakespeare (he was a successful businessman), and Marlowe (who died young)
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Who did poets try to please with their poetry?
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their patrons
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Who was Spenser's Faerie Queene dedicated to?
|
Queen Elizabeth
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16th Century verse was enormous in what two ways?
|
subject matter and form
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Where was the sonnet imported from?
|
Italy
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Who experimented with metrical lines and the verse forms and eventually created the forms that English poets have used ever since?
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Earl of Surrey
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Who originated the philosophy of courtly love?
|
Ovid
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Describe courtly love.
|
aristocratic, associated with chivalry, and usually was extramarital
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Describe the "symptoms" of courtly love of the suitor.
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becomes pale in his lady's presence, pines in her absence, pleads to gain her favor, and vows eternal faithfulness
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Courtly love reappeared in the Middle Ages through the works of which two authors?
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Sir Thomas Malory and Chaucer
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Which two characters in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales exemplify the ideals of courtly love and its tradition?
|
the description of the Squire, and the Knight's Tale
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What is another name for the Italian sonnet?
|
Petrarchan sonnet
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What is another name for the Petrarchan sonnet?
|
Italian sonnet
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What was the name of the Earl of Surrey?
|
Henry Howard
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Who was Henry Howard?
|
the Earl of Surrey; importer of the Italian/Petrarchan sonnet to England
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Who brought the Italian sonnet to England?
|
Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey)
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What was the conventional theme of sonnets?
|
courtly love, with the lovesick suitor pining for his lady's love and pleading to gain her favors
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How many lines are in a sonnet?
|
14
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What is the (conventional) meter of a sonnet?
|
iambic pentameter
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How is the Italian sonnet usually divided?
|
into an octave and a sestet
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What rhyme scheme did Spenser use?
|
abab bcbc cdcd ee
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What is the traditional Italian sonnet rhyme scheme?
|
abba abba cdecde
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What is the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet?
|
abba abba cddc ee
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What rhyme scheme did Shakespeare use for his sonnets?
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abab cdcd efef gg
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When was Sir Thomas Wyatt born?
|
c. 1503
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When did Sir Thomas Wyatt die?
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1542
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How old was Sir Thomas Wyatt when he died?
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39
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How did Wyatt spend most of his life?
|
as a courtier and diplomat
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When did Wyatt enter Cambridge?
|
1516
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Where did Wyatt travel to while in the service of Henry VIII?
|
Italy (Rome and Venice)
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When was Wyatt knighted?
|
c. 1536
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Why was Wyatt imprisoned?
|
first because it was suspected that he was a lover of Queen Anne who had been a childhood friend of his; second because he was accused of treachery in Spain
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Which country was Wyatt an ambassador to under Henry VIII?
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Spain
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What did Wyatt die of?
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the fever
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How many sonnets did Wyatt write?
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about 30
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What was interesting about his sonnets?
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they were the first to be written in English
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What kind of speech did Wyatt employ in his poetry?
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simple and direct
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In "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek," what tense is the first stanza written in?
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present tense
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In "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek," what tense is the second stanza written in?
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past tense
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In "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek," what tense is the third stanza written in?
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present tense
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What kind of statements begin "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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general statements that hint at how to interpret the poem
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In "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek," what is the subject of the first stanza?
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"they," a plural
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In "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek," what is the subject of the second stanza?
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one particular woman; a woman who had bestoweed her favors on the speaker in the past, and the speaker is grateful that he was the recipient
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What is the subject of the third stanza in "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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the spearker's reflections on the woman's behavior, the causes of her forsaking hi, and (by implication) the typical behavior of all women who live variety in their relationships
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What does contrasting diction introduce into the first stanza of "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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the poem's complexities
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What metaphor is set up in the first stanza of "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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comparing animals and/or birds to women
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Which theme does the diction of the third stanza of "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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the theme of change
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What is the tone of the third stanza of "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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ironic and reflective
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In "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek," what does "kindely" refer to?
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it has two meanings -- the typical behavior of womankind, and also ironically to behavior that is far from kind
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What is the rhyme scheme Wyatt uses in "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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rhyme royal (ababbcc)
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What is the rhyme royal rhyme scheme?
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ababbcc
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Why is rhyme royal called rhyme royal?
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because James I of Scotland had written a poem in the 15th century using a seven-line stanzain iambic pentameter
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How do critics feel about Wyatt's use of meter?
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that it's weak; sometimes the demands of rhyme royal cause the rhyme to occur on a weak syllable
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Which literary collection did Tottel write?
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Songs and Sonnets
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Who edited some of Wyatt's poems?
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Tottel
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What did Tottel change in "They Flee From Me That Sometime Did Me Seek?"
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he removed the irony and ambiguity from the last stanza by changing the last line, changing "kindely" (which has a double meaning)to "kindly" and adding the title
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When was Edmund Spenser born?
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c. 1552
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When did Edmund Spenser die?
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1599
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How old was Spenser when he died?
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47
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Where was Spenser born?
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London
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What established Spenser's reputation as the first great English Renaissance poet?
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the publication of The Shepheardes Calendar (1579)
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Who was "The Shepheardes Calendar" dedicated to?
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Sir Philip Sidney
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What style is "The Shepheardes Calendar" written in?
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pastoral style
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How many poems are in "The Shepheardes Calendar?"
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twelve, one for each sign of the zodiac
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What did Spenser use that some of the established writers of the time failed to appreciate?
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archaic spelling
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How many different meters does Spense use in "The Shepheardes Calendar?"
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13
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Spenser worked as secretary for who?
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Lord Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland
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What famous explorer was Spenser friends with?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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What kind of work is The Faerie Queene?
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a romantic epic
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What was the name of Spenser's second wife?
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Elizabeth Boyle
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Where was Spenser buried?
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Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey
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What caused Spenser to return to London?
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troubles in Ireland
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What is Spenser's most important work?
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the Faerie Queene
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What is Spenser's most ambiguous work?
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the Faerie Queene
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How many books did Spenser intend to write for Faerie Queene?
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twelve, one for every virtue
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How many books of Faerie Queene did Spenser complete?
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6
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How long did it take for Spenser to write the first six books?
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10 years
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Describe the literary genres of The Faerie Queene.
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part romantic narrative, part treatise on the qualities of the ideal man, part national epic to the glory of England as personified by Queen Elizabeth
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What six virtues did Spenser address in The Faerie Queene?
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holiness, temperance, chastity, friendship, justice, & courtesy
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Who is the hero of the first book of The Faerie Queene?
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the Redcrosse Knight (aka St. George, the patron saint of England)
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Who is the patron saint of England?
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St. George
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What did Spenser's experimentation with verse forms lead to?
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the Spenserian stanza
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Why are Spenser's poems always reproduced in their original spelling and punctuation?
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word play and sound patterns are made obvious by the use of the older spelling
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What extended metaphor does Spenser use in Sonnet LIIII?
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art and life in which the world is a theatre that produces both comedy and tragedy
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Contrast the emotions of the speaker of Sonnet LIIII with his lady.
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the speaker is emotionally involved in these conflicting events while his lady is merely a cool spectator
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In Sonnet LIIII, what does the lady love ridicule?
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her lover's amusement and his grief
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What is the rhyme scheme of Sonnet LIIII?
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Spenser's own version of the English sonnet:
abab bcbc dede ff |
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What is a volta?
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a turning point in a poem
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How does Spenser unify Sonnet LIIII?
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through interlocking rhymes
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What is the presented in the first eight lines of Sonnet LIIII?
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the speaker's own feelings
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What is described in the third quatrain of Sonnet LIIII?
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the lady's reaction
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What does the concluding couplet of Sonnet LIIII describe?
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the speaker's cry of mock frustration
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When was Christopher Marlowe born?
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c. 1564
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When did Christopher Marlowe die?
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1593
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How old was Marlowe when he died?
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29
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Which other poet was born the same year as Marlowe?
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Shakespeare
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Which other poet was born the same year as Shakespeare?
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Marlowe
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How long did Marlowe study at Cambridge?
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six years
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How old was Marlowe when Tamburlaine the Great became successful?
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23
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Which Renaissance figure did Marlowe write a historical chronicle on?
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Edward II
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What was remarkable about hw Marlowe used blank verse?
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he was the first to use blank verse in poetry rather than drama
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Who wrote Doctor Faustus?
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Marlowe
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Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great?
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Marlowe
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Who wrote Hero and Leander?
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Marlowe
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Who finished Marlowe's Hero and Leander?
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George Chapman
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How did Marlowe die?
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in a tavern brawl in a dispute over the bill
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What kind of poetry is Marlowe's Hero and Leander and Shakespeare's Venus and donis an example of?
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mythological erotic poetry
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Why was mythological erotic poetry ornate?
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it was written for a courtly audience, so it tried to reflect the literary tastes and backgrounds of courtiers
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When was The Shepheardes' Calender published?
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1579
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What kind of poetry is "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"
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pastoral poetry
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Where was the pastoral convention derived from?
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Theocritus and Virgil's Eclogues
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Describe pastoral lyrics.
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usually love poems, dealing with simple situations (i.e. dejection of rejected suitor, rivalry for a pretty shepherdess, stirring of new life in the spring, etc.)
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What form does pastoral poetry usually take?
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monologue or dialogue, simple and musical (almost always rhyming)
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What do pastoral poems praise?
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felings and attitudes of the simple life of serenity and contemplation
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What do pastoral poems condemn?
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the outside world and its attitudes
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What are two important aspects of English life?
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love of nature and praise of the outdoors
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Which of our short selections is often parodied?
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"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Marlowe
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What are the possible sources for "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"
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a 15th centurySpanish pastoral poem, and Ovid's account of Polyphemus wooing the sea-nymph Galatea
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What form is "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" written in?
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monologue, in which the shepherd invites his lady to join him in an idyllic pastoral life far from the artificiality of the court and the city
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How does the shepherd adderss his lady?
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in the archaic second-person singular
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What month is it always in the world of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"
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May
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How does diction add to "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"
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it presents the opposition of the artificial and the natural
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How many lines are in each stanza of "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love?"
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four
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How many stanzas are in "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love?"
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seven
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What meter is "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" written in?
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iambic tetrameter rhyming in couplets
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What is significant about "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" being written in iambic tetrameter rhyming in couplets?
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it is easy to parody
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What is significant about the last line of "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love?"
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it repeats the first line with the alteration of only one word
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Which word is changed in "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" from the first line to the last line?
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"COME live with me..." becomes "THEN live with me..."
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How many of Marlowe's works were published during his lifetime?
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none of them
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What did Izaak Walton rename "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" to?
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"The Milkmaid's Song"
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"The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" was given a musical setting and sung by whom?
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Sir Hugh Evans
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"The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" was given a musical setting and sung where?
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in The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Which version of "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" is the original one?
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we don't know; many of the lines vary from version to version
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When was William Shakespeare born?
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1564
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When did William Shakespeare die?
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1616
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How old was Shakespeare when he died?
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52
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When was Shakespeare's first round of sonnets published?
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1609
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When Shakespeare's sonnets were published in 1609, had he supervised or even given permission?
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no
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Who first published Shakespeare's works?
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Thomas Thorpe
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Who did Thomas Thorpe dedicate Shakespeare's sonnets to?
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Mr. W. H.
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What are the themes of Shakespeare's sonnets?
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the eternal themes of lyric poetry; the nature of love, the endurance of art, the waning of beauty, the passing of time, the changing of seasons
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Does Shakespeare imitate the themes of Petrarch?
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no
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What sonnet form does Shakespeare use?
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the English form (now called the Shakespearean sonnet because of his extensive use of it)
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What makes up the Shakespearean sonnet?
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three quatrains and a couplet
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Which sonnet precedes Sonnet 30?
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Sonnet 29
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What function does a quatrain serve?
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It serves as a unit of meaning like a paragraph.
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What does the speaker discuss in the first three quatrains of Sonnet 30?
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past sources of grief that continue to try him
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What does the speaker discuss in the couplet of Sonnet 30?
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the power of friendship, which can compensate for all losses.
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How does the speaker emphasize his sorrows in Sonnet 30?
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by using metaphorical language
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What does the speaker in Sonnet 30 express regret over?
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unfulfilled goals, lost friends, and forgotten love
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What tenses does Shakespeare utilize in Sonnet 30?
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past tense and present tense
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When does Sonnet 30 shift from past tense to present tense?
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in the couplet
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How are the past and present emphasized in Sonnet 30?
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contrasting diction
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What sound devices does Shakespeare use to created a pleasing sound to the ear in Sonnet 30?
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alliteration and consonance
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According to Helen Vendler, what affect do the deepening layers of time have on the reader of Sonnet 30?
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it increasing psychological involvement
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What was John Donne born?
|
1572
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When did John Donne die?
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1631
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How old was John Donne when he died?
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59
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What religion was John Donne as a child?
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Catholic
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Why did John Donne not graduate from Oxford or Cambridge?
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As a Catholic, he could not take the graduation oaths
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Where did Donne study law?
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Lincoln's Inn Court
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When did Donne practice law?
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never; he never practiced law
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Who does Donne marry?
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Anne More
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How did Donne meet Anne More?
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she was the niece of his employer
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What was "the most remarkable error" of Donne's life, according to Izaak Walton?
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Donne's marrying Anne More
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How many children did Donne have?
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12
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What religion did Donne become in 1610?
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Anglican
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Which English king appointed Donne to the post of Dean of St. Paul's?
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King James I
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How many of Donne's sermons survive today?
|
155
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What kind of poetry is Donne associated with?
|
metaphysical poetry
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Where does Donne find his images for his poetry from?
|
mathematics, astronomy, geography, and other new disciplines not previously used in poetry
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What does the term "metaphysical conceit" describe?
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the intellectual imagery Donne employs when he draws a comparison between dissimilar objects that involves a contrast of intellectual difficulty
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What literary techniques does Donne's poetry abound in?
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paradox, hyperbole, ambiguity, and pun
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What themes does Donne use in his poetry?
|
the traditional themes of love and religion
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What is the tone of most of Donne's poems?
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passionate
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Donne's poetry is considered _____, not lyric.
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dramatic
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According to Ben Jonson, which poet "for not keeping of accents deserves hanging?"
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Donne
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What is enjambment?
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when words are dislocated to give emphasis
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What two worlds are mentioned in "The Sun Rising?"
|
the world of joy and love, and the outside world of work and routine
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What literary element abounds in the second stanza of "The Sun Rising?"
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byperbole
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What are images of grandeur and wealth compared to in "The Sun Rising"?
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the invisible riches of the lovers
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What form is "The Sun Rising" written in?
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verse form
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How many lines are in each stanza in "The Sun Rising?"
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ten
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What purpose do the long and then short lines of "The Sun Rising" serve?
|
provides the dramatic quality that was favored by the Metaphysical poets
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Which critic believes Donne is the greatest of love poets in his range of mood and experience?
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Helen Gardner
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According to Helen Gardner, what do Donne's poems celebrate?
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"the rapture of fulfillment and the bliss of union;" "it has the dramatic intensity of present experience"
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When was Francis Bacon born?
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1561
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When did Bacon die?
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1626
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How old was Bacon when he died?
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65
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Where was Bacon born?
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London
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How old was Bacon when he entered Cambridge?
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12
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Where did Bacon study law?
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Gray's Inn
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When was Bacon admitted to the bar?
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1582
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When did Bacon become Solicitor General?
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1607
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When did Bacon become Attorney General?
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1613
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When did Bacon become Privy Councilor?
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1616
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When did Bacon become Lord Keeper?
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1617
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When did Bacon become Lord Chancellor?
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1618
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When did Bacon become a Member of Parliament?
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1584
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When was Bacon knighted?
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1603
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Who knighted Bacon?
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King jamse I
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What two professions did Bacon consider himself to have?
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philosopher and statesman
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Who wrote The Advancement of Knowledge?
|
Francis Bacon
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When was the Advancement of Knowledge published?
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1605
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Who wrote Novum Organum?
|
Francis Bacon
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When was Novum Organum written?
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1620
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What was the topic of The Advancement of Knowledge?
|
the dignity of knowledge, reviewed the contemporary state of learning, and suggested methods to improve it
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What is the subject of Novum Organum?
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the nature of truth and suggested methods by which it might be achieved
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Where was Bacon imprisoned after being charged with bribery and corruption?
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the Tower of London
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What did Bacon spend the last five years of his life doing?
|
persuing his philosophical and literary interestes
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What did Bacon die of?
|
a chill contracted while he was gathering snow to examine the role it might play in the preservation of food
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What is an essay?
|
a short prose composition on almost any subject
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What language did Bacon consider to be the language of serious discourse?
|
Latin
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At the end of his life, what did Bacon request be done to his English writings?
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be translated into Latin
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How many essays were in Bacon's first collection?
|
10 essays
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How many essays were in Bacon's second collection of essays?
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38
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How many essays were in Bacon's final collection of essays?
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58
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Which collection of essays did "Of Travel" first appear in?
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the last collection
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What point of view is "Of Travel" written in?
|
the archaic form of the third person singular
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Why did Bacon use the point of view he did?
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to make the essay sound more formal
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In "Of Travel," a traveller who travels "hooded" is a metaphor for what?
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falconry
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What does the final sentence in "Of Travel" warn travelers of?
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not to adopt too many foreign habits
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What advice does Bacon give to travelers in "Of Travel?"
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learn the language, buy a guidebook, engage a knowledgeable guide to point out objects of special interest, keep a diary, mix with the locals
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What personal advice does Bacon suggest in "Of Travel?"
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avoid quarrels and stay away from bad company
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What were medieval writers tied to (subject wise)?
|
Latin and the Church
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In what way were the English writers of the Renaissance remarkable?
|
they worked without tradition (they started from scratch)
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Renaissance poets did what with different poetric forms, many of which are still used today?
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experimented
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Which rhyming meter is the most popular meter in English verse?
|
iambic pentameter
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When was iambic pentameter created/molded?
|
English Renaissance
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Antony & Cleopatra's forty-two scenes presented no challenge to the Elizabethan theatre because _____.
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no changes of scenery were necessary
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Shakespeare provides little historical background information to Antony & Cleopatra because _____.
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the audience of the time would be familiar with events
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In the play's first scene, commentary on Antony's behavior comes from _____.
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Philo and Demetrius
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"You shall outlive the lady whom you serve."
The tone of the soothsayer's comment to Charmian proves to be _____. |
ironic
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"On the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look on."
Who speaks the above lines about whom? |
Caesar about Antony
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Antony's officers cite all of the following reasons not to fight at sea EXCEPT:
his sailors are inexperienced; he gives up the advantage by land; Caesar's sailors have naval experience; his ships are heavy and slow to maneuver; the weather around Actium is unpredictable |
the weather around Actium is unpredictable
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"It is shaped, sir, like itself, and it is broad as it has breadth. It is just so high as it is, and moves with its own organs. It lives by that which nourisheth it, and the elements once out of it, it transmigrates."
On Pompey's galley, Antony is describing _____. |
a crocodile
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Other characters view the marriage of Antony and Octavia as a(n) _____.
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fragile stopgap doomed to failure
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In Enobarbus' account of Cleopatra's arrival at Cydnus, the wind from the fans seemed "To glow the delicate cheeks with they did cool, And what they undid did."
The literary device in the above lines is a _____. |
paradox
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"That he which is was wished until he were."
Octavius Caesar is referring to the _____. |
fickleness of the mob
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"O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night dispunge upon me."
The speaker wishing his death by moonlight is _____. |
Enobarbus
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The mythical figure to which Antony is MOST often compared throughout the play is _____.
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Hercules
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Which of the following plays was probably written in the same period of Shakespeare's writing as Much Ado About Nothing?
Hamlet; King John; The Tempest; As You Like It; The Comedy of Errors; |
As You Like It
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Much Ado About Nothing differs from Shakespeare's other great comedies it its _____.
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darker subject matter
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The play's dialogue is written primarily in _____.
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prose
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All of the following are established in Much Ado About Nothing's first scene EXCEPT:
the extent of Leonato's hospitality; Claudio's immediate interest in Hero; the reason for Don John's estrangement; the Prince's promise to woo Hero for Claudio; the verbal sparring between Benedick and Beatrice |
the reason for Don John's estrangement
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"Hath Leonardo any son, my lord?"
Claudio's question to Don Pedro suggests he _____. |
is checking that Hero is the sole heir
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Beatrice sees "a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinquepace" as comparable to _____.
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wooing, wedding, and repenting
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"I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog; therefore I have decreed not to sing in my cage."
This statement of discontent is voiced by _____. |
Don John
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The main purpose of the Prince's plan to bring Beatrice and Benedick together is to _____.
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pass the time before Claudio's wedding
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Beatrice is lured ino the orchard to eavesdrop on a conversation because Margaret tells her that _____.
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Hero and Ursula are talking about her
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The watchmen arrest Borachio and Conrade because the watchmen _____.
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misinterpret what they heard
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The Friar is convinced of Hero's innocence because he _____.
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has been observing her reactions
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"Our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons..."
Dogberry's address to Leonato contains examples of _____. |
malapropism
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The second stanza of Wyatt's poem differs from the first and third in that it _____.
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narrates an incident
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The diction of the third stanza of Wyatt's poem emphasizes the theme of _____.
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change
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In the final stanza of Wyatt's poem, the poet's use of "kindely" can be BEST described as _____.
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ironic
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The form of Sonnet LIIII resembles the Shakespearean sonnet in its _____.
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concluding couplet
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"Sometimes I ioy when glad occasion sits, And mask in myrth lyke to a Comedy."
In context, "mask" is BEST understood to mean _____. |
act a part
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During the first eight lines of Spenser's Sonnet LIIII, the speaker _____.
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establishes his state of mind
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The convention of pastoral poetry is derived from _____.
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Theocritus and Virgil
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Each stanza of Marlowe's poem offers _____.
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a different aspect of rustic life
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"When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,"
The sound patters in the opening lines can BEST be described as _____. |
alliteration and consonance
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In the concluding couplet of Sonnet 30, the speaker _____.
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views friendship as a compensation for grief
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In Donne's peom, the speaker's tone in addressing the sun in the first stanza is _____.
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contentious
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In his choice of verse form, Donne usually
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chooses a form appropriate to the theme
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Bacon's essay consists mainly of _____.
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a series of instructions
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Bacon recommends that a traveler should stay away from _____.
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quarrels
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If a young man stays for some length of time in a big city, Bacon recommends that he should _____.
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chagne his lodging occasionally
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