Abeka World Literature Test 4 – Flashcards
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Theme
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Central idea which gives the story meaning
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Allegory
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Narrative, or description in which the characters, places, and other items are symbols
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Satire
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Ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it.
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Tone
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Manner in which the writer deals with his subject
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Verbal Irony
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Saying the opposite of what is meant
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Who wrote "A Retrieved Reformation"?
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O. Henry
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Who wrote "The Elixir"?
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George Herbert
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Who wrote "Work"?
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Henry Van Dyke
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Who wrote "The Great Stone Face"?
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Who wrote "Excelsior"?
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Who wrote "The Practice of the Presence of God"?
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Brother Lawrence
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Who wrote Of the Imitation of Christ?
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Thomas a Kempis
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What were Much Afraid's defects?
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crooked legs and crooked face
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Who is the only American poet to receive the honor of having his bust placed in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey?
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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According to "Pleasures of Knowledge," the miracle of genius is actually the miracle of what?
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Labor (work)
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What does Jimmy Valentine change his name to?
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Ralph Spencer
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What word means "still higher" or "ever upward"?
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excelsior
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List three words of strength
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hope, faith, and love
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What country was Nathaniel Hawthorne from?
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America
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Who believed that to despise the and aim at the Kingdom of Heaven is the highest wisdom?
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Thomas a Kempis
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What author is considered to be the greatest of all German dramatists?
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Friedrich von Schiller
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In "My Father's Hands," what had the father never learned to do?
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Read and write
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Who fulfilled the prophecy of "The Great Stone Face"?
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Ernest
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Who was the wealthy merchant?
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Mr. Gathergold
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Who was the heroic military leader?
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Old Blood and Thunder
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Who was the statesman?
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Old Stony Phiz
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Who rescued her neighbor from dangerous relatives?
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Mrs. Valient
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Who wanted to go to the High Places?
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Much Afraid
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Who was the bootmaker?
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Mr. Gessler
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Who was the bank robber?
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Jimmy Valentine
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Who was the eminent detective?
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Ben Price
