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Eng 272 Final
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50
Literature
Not Applicable
07/29/2009

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1. Which writer in this course was an existentialist?
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Albert Camus
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2. What is the setting of “The Guest”?
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The middle of a bleak Algerian plateau
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3. Who was Trophimof?
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“perpetual student” who served as a tutor of Lyobov’s son
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4. Who liked billiards?
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Gaev
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5. Who liked cats?
Definition
T. S. Eliot
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6. What happens at the end of “Ode to a Nightingale”?
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7. Who was Flora?
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8. What is the priest in “The Ode on a Grecian Urn” leading?
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A heifer to be sacrificed
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9. What is the meaning of the word ATTIC?
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10. What is Prufrock doing at the end of the poem?
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Walking along the beach
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11. What city symbolizes perfection?
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Byzantium
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12. In what poem are coffee spoons mentioned?
Definition
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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13. Which selection illustrated existentialism?
Definition
“The Guest”
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14. Who held a bachelor’s party?
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Judge Brack
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15. What did Hedda use for amusement?
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Her pistols
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16. The speaker in which poem was concerned about matters of the flesh?
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“Sailing by Byzantium”
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17. Which selection refers to two famous females?
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“Leda and the Swan”
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18. What is the first line of “Sailing to Byzantium”?
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That is no country for old men. The young
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19. The artist Michaelangelo is mentioned frequently in which work?
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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20. Give the meaning of “Perne in a Gyre.”
Definition
Spinning in a spiral motion
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21. Who is Balducci?
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The man who brought the Arab to Daru
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22. A beautiful description of fog is found in which selection?
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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23. Which character was in his/her 80’s?
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Fiers
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24. Who was a ventriloquist?
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Charlotta
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25. Who likes billiards?
Definition
Gaev
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26. Who did not know his/her parents?
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Charlotta
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27. Whose ancestors lived on the cherry orchard estate?
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Anya
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28. What did Lopahin propose?
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To break up the land into building lots and leasing them for villas
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29. Who spoke a speech in honor of a bookcase?
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Gaev
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30. Who liked studying?
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31. Which character had bad nerves?
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32. Who spoke the last lines of The Cherry Orchard?
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Fiers
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33. Who spoke the first lines of The Cherry Orchard?
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Ermolai Alexyevitch Lopakhin
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34. Which character was forgotten in Chekhov’s play?
Definition
Fiers
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35. Who liked candy?
Definition
Gaev
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36. Who was Rena?
Definition
Miss Tesman’s sister
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37. What was a dominant object in Hedda’s living room?
Definition
Picture of Hedda's father
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38. Who created a “baby” with a writer?
Definition
Charlotta
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39. Who cherished old bedroom slippers?
Definition
George Tesman
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40. Who had irritating hair?
Definition
Mrs. Rysing Elvsted
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41. Who arranged for Tesman’s new house?
Definition
Judge Brack
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42. Who says “Do it beautifully”?
Definition
Hedda
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43. Which character wished to be killed long ago?
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Lubov
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44. Who mentioned returning at 10:00 PM?
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Lovborg
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45. Who developed a kind of power over Eilert?
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Mrs. Elvsted
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46. Give author of The Cherry Orchard.
Definition
Anton Chekov
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47. Give author of Hedda Gabler.
Definition
Henrik Ibsen
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48. Give author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”
Definition
T.S. Eliot
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49. Give author of “Sailing to Byzantium.”
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William Butler Yeats
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50. Give author of “Leda and the Swan.”
Definition
William Butler Yeats
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