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30 Cards in this Set
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In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis what happened in 1979?
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islamic revolution
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From Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, in what year did the narrator note that it was obligatory for females to wear the veil at school?
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1980
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According the Satrapi's Persepolis, what type of revolution took place in Iran, starting in 1980, when all bilingual schools were shut down and anything related to symbols of capitalism and decadence were denounced?
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cultural revolution
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In Persepolis, to what place did Satrapi's parents send Marji when she was fourteen years old?
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austria
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What is the name of Satrapi's uncle who was executed as a Russian spy in Persepolis?
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anoosh
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What are the two terms that "describe an individual whose vanity yields to excesses"?
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a flop and a dandy
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What is the term for "blowing things out of proportion?
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hyperbole
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What is the term for a "gentle or biting critique of morals and manners that generally sought to instruct or to effect some kind of change in society?
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satire
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What are the two terms that describe the "accounts of journeys to 'exotic' lands" that usually are conveyed through letters or journals of some kind?
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travel narratives or travelogues.
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What characteristic best describes Tartuffe in Moliere's play Tartuffe?
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zeal- deceitful self-centered
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What character in Moliere's Tartuffe is duped by Tartuffe?
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orgon
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In what type of literary category is Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave described?
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travel narrative
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In Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, what new name was the protagonist given ?
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caesar
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In Aprha Behn's Oroonoko, what new name was given to Imoinda?
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clemene
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In Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, what did Oroonoko do to his wife and unborn child and why?
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he kills her in order to protect her after his death
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What was Voltaire's given name before he changed it?
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france marie antoinette
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What is the term for a type of fiction that is interested in teaching and concerned more with providing arguments about contemporary issues rather than character development and literary aesthetics?
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didatic
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Which character in Voltaire's Candide, or Optimism represents the "ivory tower philosopher whose theories are radically disconnected from reality"?
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dr. pangloss
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What is the name of Candide's valet in Voltaire's Candide?
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kakumba
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What is the country in which Candide in Voltaire's Candide travels where "all men are free," "the roads were covered…with elegantly shaped carriages made from shiny material, carrying men and women of extraordinary beauty," and the streets were strewn with "gold, emeralds, and rubies"?
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eldorado
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Who said in Voltaire's Candide, "All events are linked together in the best of all possible worlds"?
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dr. pangloss
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What religious group "believed in a direct personal relationship with God as well as in original sin and predestination"?
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puritans
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How long was Mary Rowlandson held captive?
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three months
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Provide the name of the literary genre that is defined as "autobiographical accounts detailing American colonists' experiences as prisoners of Native Americans, often used to illustrate spiritual or moral growth through suffering."
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captivity narrative
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Which Native American tribe held Mary Rowlandson captive?
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algonquian
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To which country did Oroonoko travel after having been kidnapped and enslaved?
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surinam
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Olaudah Equiano describes the "society, religious beliefs, and customs" of which group of peoples?
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ibo
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What does "Olaudah" mean?
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fortunate one
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What is The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano considered to be?
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autobiography, slave narrative, travel narrative
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"A weaving together of plots in which the passage from slavery to emancipation follows from or is accompanied by a transition from oral culture to written culture and a surrendering to spiritual, Christian redemption" is a key structure to what form of narrative?
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slave narrative
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