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World Literature
Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which character speaks from beneath the stage toward the end of Act 1? | Hamlet's father ghost |
| How was King Hamlet (old king) murdered? | His brother, Claudius, poisoned him in the ear |
| Where are the universities at which Prince Hamlet and Laertes studied | at Wittenberg |
| Whose skull does Hamlet discover in the churchyard? | Yorik's |
| What was the occupation of the deceased person whose skull Hamlet found? | The jester of old Hamlet |
| Where does the ghost of Hamlet's father appear? | at Ramparts |
| Who can see the ghost at these locations? | Gertrude was the only one that could not see him. |
| Who killed young Fortinbras' father? | Old Hamlet |
| Who escorted Hamlet on his voyage to England? | Rosencrantz and Guldenstern |
| Who dies in the play and who survives? | Opric and Horation & Claudius, Laertes, Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, and Hamlet dies |
| How and where did Ophelia die? | She drowned on a lake |
| Why does Hamlet decide NOT to kill Claudius after the traveling players' play? | He was praying and did not wanted to go to Heaven |
| Which of the following characters is Helen's brother in law? | Agamemnon |
| How long has the Trojan War been going by the time the Iliad Begins? | 10 Years |
| Why is Astyanax frightened when he sees his father, Hector? | The feathers of his Helmet |
| What does Agamemnon demand that Achilles give him that provokes his rage? | His wife, Brecious |
| Where is Achilles' old armor most vulnerable to attack? | at Neck |
| How does Odysseus handle his tears at the court of King Alcinous/Alkinos? | He covered his face with cloak |
| What was Odysseus' main activity on the island of Calypso? | Weeping |
| Who does the disguised Athena appear to be in Book 1 of the Odyssey? | Mentes |
| Who holds Odysseus captive in the beginning of the Odyssey in Book 1? | Calypso |
| At the court of King Alkinos there is a storyteller, Demodocus. How are Demodocus and the proverbial Homer alike? | They were both blind and storytellers |
| Gilgamesh was King of what land? | Uruk |
| Who said, "My father, Gilgamesh has heaped insults on me," and requested that he provide the "Bull of Heaven" to destroy Gilgamesh? | Ishtar |
| The name of the giant in the cedar forest is...? | Humbaba |
| Gilgamesh was what part god? | 2/3 gods and 1/3 human |
| Gilgamesh goes on a great journey in response to his grief over Enkidu's death in order to find who? | Utmapishtim |
| Pharaoh Akhenaten of the Eighteenth Dynasty elevated Aten, the sun of god, above all the other deities. Why is this act remarkable? | Momotheism (one god) |
| Know what are examples of opening lines to Egyptian love songs from the Ramesside period and be able to contrast or distinguish these from the Leiden Hymns (Egyptian sacred poetry). | Ramesside Period= to the people & Leiden Hymns= to a god |
| The Egyptian love songs from the Ramesside period were written in such a way that they express the "voice" of the poet. These "voices" represent the voices of whom? men? women? both? | Both |
| The Leiden Hymns (sacred Poetry) place an emphasis on which god? | Horous |
| The sacred religious (cult) center for the god Amun/Amon (also known as Amon-Re/Amon Re) is located where/ what city? | Thebes |
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