World Literature I FINAL – Flashcards
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Who tried to stop the possible war with Norway?
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Claudius
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Who once played in a production of JULIUS CAESAR?
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Polonius
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Who loved Rhenish?
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Claudius
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Who ordered a proper burial for Hamlet?
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Fortinbras (new Danish King)
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Who didn't seem to be worried about dying?
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Hamlet
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Who said, "A willow grows aslant a brook?"
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Queen
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A valuable pearl was offered to whom?
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Hamlet (The pearl is poison)
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Who said, "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well?"
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Hamlet
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To whom was line 8 spoken?
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????
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Who said, "Good night ladies, good night"?
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Ophelia
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Who said, "I shall obey you, madam"?
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Hamlet
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Who said, "We'll teach you to drink ere you depart?"
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Hamlet
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What character was puzzled over Danish customs?
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Hamlet
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Whom was spied on by Reynaldo?
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Laeretes
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Who described man as the "paragon" of animals?
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Hamlet-this shows why he has a hard time killing Claudius
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Who bought an untion of a mountebank?
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Laeretes (the poison on the tip of his sword)
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Who did not believe in ghosts?
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Horatio
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Who said, "You are as good as chorus"?
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Ophelia
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Who said, "Thou art fat and scant of breath?"
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Queen
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Who said, "The rest is silence"?
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Hamlet
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Whose skull did Hamlet hold?
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Yorick
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Who was judge at swordfight?
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Osric
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Which country might attack Denmark?
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Norway
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Who had gathered a group to support him as the new Danish king?
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Claudius
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Insanity is a theme of this play. Whose insanity is real?
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Ophelia
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In the famous eavesdropping scene, Ophelia is instructed to read what?
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A book of devotions
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Who plots to hide behind an arras?
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Polonius
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Who calls Polonius a fish monger?
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Hamlet
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Who reports that Hamlet's stockings are down to his knees?
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Ophelia (talking about Hamlet's craziness)
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Define DRABBING
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Spending time with prostitutes
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Who uses Polonius for his own good?
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Claudius
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What do beating of drums and blasting cannons mean?
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The Kings drunken revelry
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Who speaks the play's first soliloquy?
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Hamlet
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Who is sent to Norway with a letter?
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Voltimand and Cornelius
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Which character asks to leave Denmark?
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Laertes to go to Paris
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The king has received several threatening letters from whom?
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Horatio or Hamlet?
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By the end of act 1, the king decides to call in which 2 characters?
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Rosencrantz and Guildensterin
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What is a partisan?
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Spear?
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Horatio can speak which archaic language?
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Latin
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In scene one, which character is not a regular guard?
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Horatio
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"The rest is silence"
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Hamlet's final words
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"Strengthen your patience in our last night's speech"
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Claudius
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"Alas, I know him, Horatio"
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Hamlet
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"Swear!"
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Ghost
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"There's rosemary; that's for remembrance"
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Ophelia
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"I'll have prepared him a chalice for the nonce"
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King
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"He is dead and gone lady, he is dead and gone"
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Ophelia
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"So you shall' and where the offense is let the great ax fall"
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King
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"Follow her close; give her good watch, I pray you"
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King
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"O from this time my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth"
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Hamlet
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"Go to your rest; at night we'll feast together"
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King
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"Good gentlemen, he hath much talked of you"
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Gertrude
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"I pray stay with us; go not to Wittenberg"
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Queen Gertrude
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"Never make known what you have seen tonight"
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Hamlet
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"What if it tempt you to the flood my lord"
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Horatio
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"The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables"
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Hamlet
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"My lord I came to see thy father's funeral"
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Horatio
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"A little more than kin and less than kind"
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Hamlet
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"Cast they knighted color off"
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Queen Gertrude
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"My dread lord, your leave and favor to return to France"
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Laertes
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Which character was a good horseman?
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The Squire
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Where did the pilgrims first meet?
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Tabard Inn
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Who had a wart on his nose?
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The Miller
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Who was father of the squire?
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Knight
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The language of Chaucer is called what?
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Middle English
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The wife of Bath claimed to be an authority on what subject?
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Marriage
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Whom did Nicholas trick?
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John, the Carpenter
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Who sang to Alison?
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Absalon
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What subject did Nicholas love?
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Astrology
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Who was branded with a hot iron?
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Nicholas
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When the knight kisses the old woman, what happens?
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She becomes young and beautiful
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What was the major complaint of the wife of Bath?
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That women should only be married once
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Who was Jankin?
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The wife of Bath's 5th husband
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Which tale is the most moralistic?
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The Pardoner
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When this man got drunk, he spoke in Latin
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Summoner
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Which character was going on the trip to make money?
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Pardoner
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What is the meaning of AVARICE?
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Greed
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Who was instructed to go to town to buy alcohol?
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The youngest of the Debaucher in the Pardoner's tale
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Who proposed telling the stories?
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The Host
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Which character is the most corrupt?
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The Pardoner
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Who is the ferryman?
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Charon
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What is especially large about Satan?
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Wings
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Satan has 6 of these?
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Eyes
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Which canto begins with a formal address to Florence?
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Canto 26
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What happens to Dante at the end of Canto 4?
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Minos
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Whom does Dante meet in Canto 4?
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Minos
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Describe Minos
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A giant beast who stands at the Second Circle of Hell, deciding where the souls of sinners shall be sent for torment
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"The Tale of Lancelot" caused trouble for whom?
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Francesca and Palo
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Where does Dante find Calyacanti?
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A tomb of heretics
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How many books comprise THE DIVINE COMEDY?
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3
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What is the best classification for THE DIVING COMEDY?
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Christian Epic
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In this work, Dante is on the road to what?
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Salvation
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Where are the trimmers housed?
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Vestibule
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What is Lethe?
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The river of forgiveness
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Describe the city of Dis
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The city of the dead. Fifth circle of hell. Walls are guarded by fallen angels.
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What is Cocytus?
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A great frozen lake, river of walling
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What is located above the entrance of Inferno?
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An inscription
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Dante was from which country?
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Italy
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Does Dante meet Epicurus in canto 10?
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yes
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Of the three main books written by Dante, which is the third in the series?
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Paradise
