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Eng 272 Midterm
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Literature
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07/15/2009

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Phaedra was whose half-sister?
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Simplicity was or was not a characteristic of Romanticism?
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Was
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Why is the year 1798 important?
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It is the begining of the Romantic Movement in English poetry; publication of "The Lyrical Ballards" by Wordsworth and Coleridge
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Which writer seemed more concerned with the concept of time?
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William Wordsworth
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Which Romantic poem expresses harmony and balance?
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The Lamb
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The destruction of innocence is the main idea in which Romantic poem?
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"The Sick Rose" by William Blake
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Which poem is a plea for equality?
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"The Little Black Boy" by William Blake
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Which poem is a plea to pass child labor laws?
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"The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake
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Which poem describes a harlot infecting her customers?
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"London" by William Blake
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Which poem includes a reference to war?
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"London" by William Blake
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Which poem includes a reference to a blacksmith?
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"The Tyger" by William Blake
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In which poem does an angel appear?
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"The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake
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In which poem does a child shade the sun from another child?
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"The Little Black Boy" by William Blake
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"Marks of Weakness and woe" is a phrase in which poem?
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"London" by William Blake
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"Dare frame thy fearful symmetry"
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"The Tyger" by William Blake
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"The fire of thine eyes"
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"The Tyger" by William Blake
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There is a description of London during the early morning in this poem.
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"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth
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There is a reference to a dulcimer in which poem?
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"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Nothing can bring back the splender in the grass"
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"Ode on Intimations of Immortality" by William Wordsworth
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"Five miles meandering in a mazy motion"
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"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Which poem is based on a dream vision?
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"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The soul's existence in heaven is an idea which is important in understanding which poem?
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"Ode on Intimations" by William Wordsworth
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"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
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"Ode to the West Wind" by Shelly
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The poet matured in his outlook toward nature after a second visit to a natural setting.
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William Wordsworth
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"The smokeless air"
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"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth
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Phaedra's confession to which character is disinterested and is a belated attempt to make up for a wrong?
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Theseus
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"Too late, He knows what frenzy burns in me, I've gone beyond the bounds of modesty."
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Phaedra
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"Too late, He knows what frenzy burns in me, I've gone beyond the bounds of modesty."
Were spoken to whom?
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Oenone
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"Take care lest by the sun's eye you be found setting an insolent foot upon this ground."
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Theseus
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Whose chariot was dashed to bits?
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Hippolytus
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What is the only supernatural element in this play?
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The monster from the sea
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Moliere wrote Coriolanus (T/F)
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False
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The Neo-Classical writers emphasized what main ideas?
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powers of the mind and turned to the classical age for models
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Which branch of philosophy is concerned with the nature of art and with judgments concerning beauty?
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Aesthetics
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Which movement in literature cultivates realistic and even sordid portrayals of life?
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Naturalism
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In the play Tartuffe, which character is most like Orgon?
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Madame Pernelle
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“There’s true and false in piety, as in bravery, and just as those whose courage shines the most in battle, are the least inclined to boast, so those whose hearts are truly pure and lowly don’t make a flashing show of being holy. Who spoke these lines?
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Cleante
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“No, I ask nothing of you. Clearly you want to be Madame Tartuffe, and I feel bound not to oppose a wish so very sound.” Who said this?
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Dorine
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“No, I ask nothing of you. Clearly you want to be Madame Tartuffe, and I feel bound not to oppose a wish so very sound.” To whom were these lines spoken?
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Mariane
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Which character removed a handkerchief from his/her pocket?
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Tartuffe
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Which character displays the best example of good humored common sense?
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Dorine, the maid
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Who is the most admired character in the play?
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Cleante
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Moliere’s attack in the play was probably aimed toward?
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the Company of the Holy Sacrament, a secret society
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When was Moliere’s play written?
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1664
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Jean Racine got his inspiration for his play from?
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an old Greek tragedy called Hippolytus by Euripedes
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One of the unusual features of this play is the writer’s use of what?
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use of confidantes
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How many confessions does Phaedra make during this play?
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Three
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The sweetness of youth of which character is in direct contrast to the character of Phaedra?
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Aricia
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Who is the husband of Phaedra?
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Theseus, King of Athens
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Who loves Hippolythus?
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Phaedra
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