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English Final
English Final 12-18-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| posthumous | occuring or continuing after death, especially a work published after the author's death or a child born after the father's death. (adj) |
| posterity | future generations (n) |
| posterior | situated behind or at the back. (adj) |
| primordial | primeval;original;fundamental. (adj) |
| primeval | belonging to the first ages ancient. (adj) |
| prime | first in rank,excellence,quality,importance or time (n) |
| primate | an archbishop or bishop who ranks highest amoung others. (n) |
| premier | first in time or importance (adj) |
| pretentious | showy;pompous;claiming;unjustified distiction. (adj) |
| preposterous | absurd;contrary to nature or reason. (adj) |
| premonition | a warning in advance. (n) |
| preempt/pre-empt | to take possession of something before anyone else can do so. (v) |
| predestination | the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power.(n) |
| precept | a command;a rule of conduct. (n) |
| vanguard | the foremost position especially of an army or fleet. (n) |
| avant-garde | ahead of times,especially in the arts. (adj) |
| anterior | coming before in position or time. (adj) |
| antecedent | a thing or event that precedes. (n) |
| antebellum | a period before war, especially the American Civil War. (adj) |
| post | "after" |
| primus | "first" |
| pre | 'before" |
| ante | "before" |
| what words could describee Odysseus from what other characters in the book say. | he is brave,outgoing & courageous. |
| what are the wooers doing at the house of Odysseus? | the wooers are trying to get Penelope to marry them. |
| why won't Penelope remarry? | she wanted to wait and see if Odysseus would return/if he is alive. |
| what is Penelope doing to procrastinate? | she told them she would remarry when she finishes weaving but she unravels it at night. |
| what does Telemauchus say before the council in his speech? | he asked to make the wooers go away to their houses and he asked for a ship. |
| how did the council react to Telemauchus? | they laughed |
| explain how the war between Troy and Greece began. | they were fighting over the women, in particular Helen because Paris stole Helen. |
| how is Troy described? | it has a big wall surrounding the village. |
| describe Athene | she is very wise. Her eyes are gray and she changes her look/shape. (to other people) |
| why does Telemauchus go to Sparta? | he goes to find tidings of his father, Odysseus. |
| how does Helen know who Telemauchus is? | she knew/remembers his father,Odysseus from war. |
| what does Helen do to stop everyone from being so sad? | she gives them drugs from the Queen of Egypt that makes them forget. |
| how did Menelaus get off the island? | he had to capture the Ancient One of the Sea. when he got back they had to hide under seal skin and make a sacreafice to the gods. |
| what does Odysseus do to find Achilles | he tricks him by being dressed as a salesman selling a really good sword. |
| what made Apollo put a plague on the city? | Chryseis got stolen. |
| describe Achilles | brave,fearless,swift,strong,fleet of foot. |
| name Achilles parents | Thietis and King Peleus. |
| why does Achilles not like Agamemnon? | Agamemnon stole Bryseis. |
| who are the greatest warriors from the trojans and the greeks? | from the trojans-Hector from the greeks-Achilles |
| why does Achilles recieve a second set of armor? | Hector took his |
| where did Achilles get the second set of armor? | he got another from Hephaistos. |
| how does Helen feel about Hector? | she likes Hector because he was the only one nice to her when everyone was fighting over her. |
| why was Achilles hospitable to King Priam? | because Achilles knew how it felt to lose a loved one as he had killed King Priam's son,Hector ( he thought about loosing his father) |
| what promise does Achilles make to Kind Priam? | that he will hold the war off for 11 days on the 12th day they would fight again. |
| what happend to the body of Achilles? | his body was buried right next to Patrokolos in Troy where he wanted it buried. |
| where was Achilles armor now that he was dead? | the Greeks took it. |
| what suggestion did Odysseus make? | he suggested to make a wooden horse to sneak in the walls of Troy. |
| how did making a wooden horse work to get in the walls of Troy? | the Trojans wanted to keep this big wooden horse so they brought it into the city. It was too big to fit into the walls of the city so they knocked the walls down. |
| where is Odysseus now? | Odysseus is being held captive on an island by a nymph named Calypso. |
| what prophecy does Helen make about Odysseus? | Helen thinks Odysseus is going to come back and kill the wooers. |
| what did the god Zeus do during this time? | Zeus gave Hector's baby wisdom to one day be like his father,Hector. |
| how is the story that King Menelaus tells different from the story Helen tells? | Helen is seeing this all happen and is telling the story from the Trojan side. King Menelaus is seeing this all happen and is telling the story from the Greek side. |
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