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Quiz

Mon= day, September 29, 2008

9:3= 0 AM

1. The poet W.= B. Yeats identified the ___ nature of tragedy when he called it a “terrible beauty.”

  &n= bsp;  a.ironic      b. paradoxical      = c. beautiful      d. enlarging

 

2. A tragic fi= gure, also known as a tragic hero, is a person of ____ birth who suffers a/an ___= _ of fortune.

  &n= bsp;  a. low…improvement      b. questionable…reversal      c. noble…improvement     d. noble…reversal

 

3. The tragic figure's most prominent characteristic is his

  &n= bsp;  a. brutality      b. stupidity      c. dignity          d. physi= cal strength

 

4. Which state= ment below is the most accurate description of dramatic irony?

  &n= bsp;  a. The characters know more than the audience.

  &n= bsp;  b. The characters are acutely aware of their situation and their destinies.

  &n= bsp;  c. The audience knows more than the characters.

  &n= bsp;  d. The tragic figure's actions are never a cause of dramatic irony.

 

5. The audience watching a tragedy participates in the action by experiencing ___ and ___.<= /p>

a. pity…terror          &n= bsp;b. disgust…pity          &= nbsp;c. joy…fear           = ;d. pity…guilt

 

6. Aristotle c= alled the experience described in item 5 above as ____.

a. anamnesis      b. catharsis      c. mimesis      d. choragos

 

7. Oedipus Rex traces a single plot thro= ugh one day in the life of one character. There is “nothing extra” in the p= lay. The play is considered

  &n= bsp;  a. incomplete      b. economical          c. multi-leveled          &n= bsp;d. fragmentary

 

8. Kreon is Oedipus's ___. His personality serves to contrast with that of Oedipus.

  &n= bsp;  a. hubris      b. doppelganger      c. choragos      d. = foil

 

9. Originally = an archery term, ____ refers to a tragic figure's misperception or lack of some important insight.

  &n= bsp;  a. arete           b. dramatic irony           c. paradox           d. harmatia

 

Close reading. Read each passage carefull= y, then select the BEST response to each question.

 

I say I take the son’s part, just as though           &nb= sp;    1

I were his son, to press the fight for him            =     2

And see it won. I’ll find the hand that brought      = ; 3

Death to Labdakos’ and Polydoros’ child…           4=

 

10. The speake= r of these lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Iokaste           b. Kreon           c. Iokaste           d. Merope           e. Oedipus

 

11. “Labdako= s’ and Polydorus’ child” (line 4) is

  &n= bsp;  a. Oedipus           b. Kreon           c. Laius           d. Polybus

 

12. Which stat= ement below BEST explains why the above passage is an example of dramatic irony?<= /p>

  &n= bsp;  a. The speaker reveals his arrogance even as he tries to conceal it.

  &n= bsp;  b. The audience knows that the speaker is the son of the man (‘him”) menti= oned in line 2.

  &n= bsp;  c. The speaker unintentionally reveals his inability to show remorse for his crimes.

  &n= bsp;  d. The audience knows that Polydoros’ child is in fact alive and well in Cor= inth.

 

13. A director= of this play wants to intensify the dramatic irony of these lines. Which stage direction should he give to the actor playing Oedipus?

  &n= bsp;  a. Say the words in line 1 in a sarcastic tone.

  &n= bsp;  b. While saying line 2, lean on a pillar.

  &n= bsp;  c. Hold up your hand while saying line 3

  &n= bsp;  d. Move your index across your throat while saying line 4

 

You mock my blindness, do you?            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp; 1

But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind:           &nb= sp;            = 2

You can not see the wretchedness of your life,           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 3

Nor in whose house you live, no, nor with whom. …            =        4

But the double lash of your parents’ curse will whip you           5

Out of the land some day, with only night           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           6

Upon your precious eyes.           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  7

 

14. The above passage is spoken by ____ to _____.

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon / Tiresias           b. Iokaste / Oedipus           c. Oedipus / Tiresias         &nb= sp; d. Tiresias / Oedipus

 

15. The “hou= se” referred to in line 4 belongs to

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon      b. Tiresias      c. Polybus      d. L= aius

 

16. The passage communicates a central ____ of the play: the blind can see and the sighted = are blind.

  &n= bsp;  a. question           b. paradox           c. symbol           d. strophe

 

17. The speake= r in the above lines is being sarcastic. Which word most firmly establishes that tone?

  &n= bsp;  a. “blind” (2)          =  b. “whip” (5)          &= nbsp;c. “night” (6)          =  d. “precious” (7)

 

18 The transla= tor of the play uses the word “wretchedness” (line 3), a variant of wretch, which comes from the Old English= word wrecca, an exile or an outcast. The translator's purpose in using that word may likely have been to

  &n= bsp;  a. foreshadow Oedipus's fate

  &n= bsp;  b. indicate Tiresias’s opinion of himself as a blind man

  &n= bsp;  c. make the translation sound more modern

  &n= bsp;  d. draw the reader's attention to Oedipus's hubris

 

Would any sane man prefer           &nb= sp;            =             1

Power, with all a king’s anxieties,           = ;            &n= bsp;  2

To that same power and the grace of sleep?      3

Certainly not I.            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         4

I have never longed for the king’s power—only his rights. 5

 

19. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon           b. Oedipus           c. Tiresias           d. Choragos

 

20. The “gra= ce of sleep” in line 3 is a metaphor for the speaker’s

  &n= bsp;  a. paranoia           b. lust for power           c. carefree life          &n= bsp;d. blindness

 

21. The above passage is ironic because

  &n= bsp;  a. the speaker does become king

  &n= bsp;  b. the speaker is put to death

  &n= bsp;  c. the speaker is the murderer of the former king of Thebes

  &n= bsp;  d. the speaker is dethroned

 

22. The passage suggests that the speaker is Oedipus's foil. Based on the passage, which statement below most accurately describes the contrast between Oedipus and = the speaker?

  &n= bsp;  a. Oedipus plays it safe. The speaker is a risk taker.

  &n= bsp;  b. Oedipus seeks power while the speaker prefers a life of ease.

  &n= bsp;  c. Oedipus is sane and the speaker is not.

  &n= bsp;  d.Oedipus thrives on anxiety. The speaker thrives on sleep.

 

 

Why should anyone in this world be afraid,

Since Fate rules us and nothing can be foreseen?

A man should live only for the present day.

  

23. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Oedipus          b. Corinthian Messenger     c. Kreon          d. Iokaste=

 

24. The speake= r of the lines would probably have the least respect for anything __ would say.<= /p>

  &n= bsp;  a. Tiresias          b. Kreon          c. Choragos          d. Ioka= ste

 

25. The tone o= f the passage can best be described as ____

  &n= bsp;  a. reverent          b. skeptical          c. fearful          d. ecsta= tic

 

 

If you have lost all respect for man’s dignity,           &= nbsp;         1

At least respect the flame of the Lord Helios;           &n= bsp;        2

Do not allow this pollution to show itself           &nb= sp;            =     3

Openly here, an affront to the earth           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           4

And Heaven’s rain and the light of day. No, take him        5

Into the house as quickly as you can,            = ;            &n= bsp;          6

For it is proper           &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;           7

That only the close kindred see his grief.           &nb= sp;            =    8

 

26. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Iokaste           b. Oedipus           c. Kreon           d. Tiresias

 

 

27. “The fla= me of the Lord Helios” in line 2 is the

  &n= bsp;  a. lamps of the city           b. sun           c. moon           d. st= ars

 

28. The “pol= lution” in line 3 is

  &n= bsp;  a. the plague           = ;b. Oedipus           c. Tiresias           d. Iokaste

 

29. An “affr= ont” (line 4) is a / an

  &n= bsp;  a. insult           b. compliment           = ;c. reminder           d. omen

 

30 The speaker= may be well intentioned, but he does not understand that Oedipus's suffering mu= st be ___

  &n= bsp;  a. dramatic           b= .painful           c. humiliating          &nbs= p;d. public

 

31. Which word= in the passage would most accurately describe the speaker?

  &n= bsp;  a.”openly” (4)           b. “quickly” (6)           c. “proper” (7)          = ; d. “grief” (8)

 

 

And yet I know            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;          1

Death will not ever come to me through sickness           2=

Or in any natural way: I have been preserved           =         3

For some unthinkable fate. But let that be.            =             4

 

32. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Iokaste           b. Kreon           c. Polybus           d. Oedipus

 

33. The “unt= hinkable fate” in line 4 is most likely

  &n= bsp;  a. physical pain           b. separation from family           c. loneliness           = ;d. death           e. wisdom

 

34. When the s= peaker says, “But let that be” in line 4, his tone is one of

  &n= bsp;  a. acceptance           = ;b. defiance           c. confusion           = d. forgetfulness

 

35. By using t= he word “preserved” (3), the speaker suggests that

  &n= bsp;  a. the gods have consecrated him (set him aside) to serve as an emblem of divi= ne wisdom

  &n= bsp;  b. the gods will soon rescind (cancel)  his punishmnent and restore him to the throne.

  &n= bsp;  c. the gods will exact retribution (take revenge) on the speaker's family

  &n= bsp;  d. the gods will intervene in human affairs (theophany) more lovingly now that Oedipus has suffered.

 

Let every man in mankind’s frailty           &n= bsp;           1

Consider his last day; and let none            = ;         2

Presume on his good fortune until he find         3

Life, at his death, a memory without pain.           4

 

36. The “las= t day” in line 2 refers to

  &n= bsp;  a. yesterday           = b. the end of the world           c. t= he day of one’s death      d. today

 

 

37. Which word= in the passage most vividly expresses the theme of humanity's weakness against forces beyond its control?

  &n= bsp;  a. frailty           b. fortune           c. presume           d. memory

 

 

38. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon           b. Apollo           c. Tiresias           d. Choragos

 

 

39. Since the speaker directs these lines to the audience, he is probably _____ them.

a. greeting           b. warning           c. accusing           d. apologizing to

 

 

40. Which stat= ement below BEST paraphrases the main idea of the passage?

  &n= bsp;  a. Live and learn.

  &n= bsp;  b. Think before you act.

  &n= bsp;  c. Live for the moment and live for the best.

  &n= bsp;  d. Don’t say your life has been happy until it’s over.

  &n= bsp;  e. You reap what you sow.

 

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Quiz

Mon= day, September 29, 2008

9:3= 0 AM

1. The poet W.= B. Yeats identified the ___ nature of tragedy when he called it a “terrible beauty.”

  &n= bsp;  a.ironic      b. paradoxical      = c. beautiful      d. enlarging

 

2. A tragic fi= gure, also known as a tragic hero, is a person of ____ birth who suffers a/an ___= _ of fortune.

  &n= bsp;  a. low…improvement      b. questionable…reversal      c. noble…improvement     d. noble…reversal

 

3. The tragic figure's most prominent characteristic is his

  &n= bsp;  a. brutality      b. stupidity      c. dignity          d. physi= cal strength

 

4. Which state= ment below is the most accurate description of dramatic irony?

  &n= bsp;  a. The characters know more than the audience.

  &n= bsp;  b. The characters are acutely aware of their situation and their destinies.

  &n= bsp;  c. The audience knows more than the characters.

  &n= bsp;  d. The tragic figure's actions are never a cause of dramatic irony.

 

5. The audience watching a tragedy participates in the action by experiencing ___ and ___.<= /p>

a. pity…terror          &n= bsp;b. disgust…pity          &= nbsp;c. joy…fear           = ;d. pity…guilt

 

6. Aristotle c= alled the experience described in item 5 above as ____.

a. anamnesis      b. catharsis      c. mimesis      d. choragos

 

7. Oedipus Rex traces a single plot thro= ugh one day in the life of one character. There is “nothing extra” in the p= lay. The play is considered

  &n= bsp;  a. incomplete      b. economical          c. multi-leveled          &n= bsp;d. fragmentary

 

8. Kreon is Oedipus's ___. His personality serves to contrast with that of Oedipus.

  &n= bsp;  a. hubris      b. doppelganger      c. choragos      d. = foil

 

9. Originally = an archery term, ____ refers to a tragic figure's misperception or lack of some important insight.

  &n= bsp;  a. arete           b. dramatic irony           c. paradox           d. harmatia

 

Close reading. Read each passage carefull= y, then select the BEST response to each question.

 

I say I take the son’s part, just as though           &nb= sp;    1

I were his son, to press the fight for him            =     2

And see it won. I’ll find the hand that brought      = ; 3

Death to Labdakos’ and Polydoros’ child…           4=

 

10. The speake= r of these lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Iokaste           b. Kreon           c. Iokaste           d. Merope           e. Oedipus

 

11. “Labdako= s’ and Polydorus’ child” (line 4) is

  &n= bsp;  a. Oedipus           b. Kreon           c. Laius           d. Polybus

 

12. Which stat= ement below BEST explains why the above passage is an example of dramatic irony?<= /p>

  &n= bsp;  a. The speaker reveals his arrogance even as he tries to conceal it.

  &n= bsp;  b. The audience knows that the speaker is the son of the man (‘him”) menti= oned in line 2.

  &n= bsp;  c. The speaker unintentionally reveals his inability to show remorse for his crimes.

  &n= bsp;  d. The audience knows that Polydoros’ child is in fact alive and well in Cor= inth.

 

13. A director= of this play wants to intensify the dramatic irony of these lines. Which stage direction should he give to the actor playing Oedipus?

  &n= bsp;  a. Say the words in line 1 in a sarcastic tone.

  &n= bsp;  b. While saying line 2, lean on a pillar.

  &n= bsp;  c. Hold up your hand while saying line 3

  &n= bsp;  d. Move your index across your throat while saying line 4

 

You mock my blindness, do you?            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp; 1

But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind:           &nb= sp;            = 2

You can not see the wretchedness of your life,           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 3

Nor in whose house you live, no, nor with whom. …            =        4

But the double lash of your parents’ curse will whip you           5

Out of the land some day, with only night           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           6

Upon your precious eyes.           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;  7

 

14. The above passage is spoken by ____ to _____.

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon / Tiresias           b. Iokaste / Oedipus           c. Oedipus / Tiresias         &nb= sp; d. Tiresias / Oedipus

 

15. The “hou= se” referred to in line 4 belongs to

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon      b. Tiresias      c. Polybus      d. L= aius

 

16. The passage communicates a central ____ of the play: the blind can see and the sighted = are blind.

  &n= bsp;  a. question           b. paradox           c. symbol           d. strophe

 

17. The speake= r in the above lines is being sarcastic. Which word most firmly establishes that tone?

  &n= bsp;  a. “blind” (2)          =  b. “whip” (5)          &= nbsp;c. “night” (6)          =  d. “precious” (7)

 

18 The transla= tor of the play uses the word “wretchedness” (line 3), a variant of wretch, which comes from the Old English= word wrecca, an exile or an outcast. The translator's purpose in using that word may likely have been to

  &n= bsp;  a. foreshadow Oedipus's fate

  &n= bsp;  b. indicate Tiresias’s opinion of himself as a blind man

  &n= bsp;  c. make the translation sound more modern

  &n= bsp;  d. draw the reader's attention to Oedipus's hubris

 

Would any sane man prefer           &nb= sp;            =             1

Power, with all a king’s anxieties,           = ;            &n= bsp;  2

To that same power and the grace of sleep?      3

Certainly not I.            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         4

I have never longed for the king’s power—only his rights. 5

 

19. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon           b. Oedipus           c. Tiresias           d. Choragos

 

20. The “gra= ce of sleep” in line 3 is a metaphor for the speaker’s

  &n= bsp;  a. paranoia           b. lust for power           c. carefree life          &n= bsp;d. blindness

 

21. The above passage is ironic because

  &n= bsp;  a. the speaker does become king

  &n= bsp;  b. the speaker is put to death

  &n= bsp;  c. the speaker is the murderer of the former king of Thebes

  &n= bsp;  d. the speaker is dethroned

 

22. The passage suggests that the speaker is Oedipus's foil. Based on the passage, which statement below most accurately describes the contrast between Oedipus and = the speaker?

  &n= bsp;  a. Oedipus plays it safe. The speaker is a risk taker.

  &n= bsp;  b. Oedipus seeks power while the speaker prefers a life of ease.

  &n= bsp;  c. Oedipus is sane and the speaker is not.

  &n= bsp;  d.Oedipus thrives on anxiety. The speaker thrives on sleep.

 

 

Why should anyone in this world be afraid,

Since Fate rules us and nothing can be foreseen?

A man should live only for the present day.

  

23. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Oedipus          b. Corinthian Messenger     c. Kreon          d. Iokaste=

 

24. The speake= r of the lines would probably have the least respect for anything __ would say.<= /p>

  &n= bsp;  a. Tiresias          b. Kreon          c. Choragos          d. Ioka= ste

 

25. The tone o= f the passage can best be described as ____

  &n= bsp;  a. reverent          b. skeptical          c. fearful          d. ecsta= tic

 

 

If you have lost all respect for man’s dignity,           &= nbsp;         1

At least respect the flame of the Lord Helios;           &n= bsp;        2

Do not allow this pollution to show itself           &nb= sp;            =     3

Openly here, an affront to the earth           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           4

And Heaven’s rain and the light of day. No, take him        5

Into the house as quickly as you can,            = ;            &n= bsp;          6

For it is proper           &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;           7

That only the close kindred see his grief.           &nb= sp;            =    8

 

26. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Iokaste           b. Oedipus           c. Kreon           d. Tiresias

 

 

27. “The fla= me of the Lord Helios” in line 2 is the

  &n= bsp;  a. lamps of the city           b. sun           c. moon           d. st= ars

 

28. The “pol= lution” in line 3 is

  &n= bsp;  a. the plague           = ;b. Oedipus           c. Tiresias           d. Iokaste

 

29. An “affr= ont” (line 4) is a / an

  &n= bsp;  a. insult           b. compliment           = ;c. reminder           d. omen

 

30 The speaker= may be well intentioned, but he does not understand that Oedipus's suffering mu= st be ___

  &n= bsp;  a. dramatic           b= .painful           c. humiliating          &nbs= p;d. public

 

31. Which word= in the passage would most accurately describe the speaker?

  &n= bsp;  a.”openly” (4)           b. “quickly” (6)           c. “proper” (7)          = ; d. “grief” (8)

 

 

And yet I know            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;          1

Death will not ever come to me through sickness           2=

Or in any natural way: I have been preserved           =         3

For some unthinkable fate. But let that be.            =             4

 

32. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Iokaste           b. Kreon           c. Polybus           d. Oedipus

 

33. The “unt= hinkable fate” in line 4 is most likely

  &n= bsp;  a. physical pain           b. separation from family           c. loneliness           = ;d. death           e. wisdom

 

34. When the s= peaker says, “But let that be” in line 4, his tone is one of

  &n= bsp;  a. acceptance           = ;b. defiance           c. confusion           = d. forgetfulness

 

35. By using t= he word “preserved” (3), the speaker suggests that

  &n= bsp;  a. the gods have consecrated him (set him aside) to serve as an emblem of divi= ne wisdom

  &n= bsp;  b. the gods will soon rescind (cancel)  his punishmnent and restore him to the throne.

  &n= bsp;  c. the gods will exact retribution (take revenge) on the speaker's family

  &n= bsp;  d. the gods will intervene in human affairs (theophany) more lovingly now that Oedipus has suffered.

 

Let every man in mankind’s frailty           &n= bsp;           1

Consider his last day; and let none            = ;         2

Presume on his good fortune until he find         3

Life, at his death, a memory without pain.           4

 

36. The “las= t day” in line 2 refers to

  &n= bsp;  a. yesterday           = b. the end of the world           c. t= he day of one’s death      d. today

 

 

37. Which word= in the passage most vividly expresses the theme of humanity's weakness against forces beyond its control?

  &n= bsp;  a. frailty           b. fortune           c. presume           d. memory

 

 

38. The speake= r of the above lines is

  &n= bsp;  a. Kreon           b. Apollo           c. Tiresias           d. Choragos

 

 

39. Since the speaker directs these lines to the audience, he is probably _____ them.

a. greeting           b. warning           c. accusing           d. apologizing to

 

 

40. Which stat= ement below BEST paraphrases the main idea of the passage?

  &n= bsp;  a. Live and learn.

  &n= bsp;  b. Think before you act.

  &n= bsp;  c. Live for the moment and live for the best.

  &n= bsp;  d. Don’t say your life has been happy until it’s over.

  &n= bsp;  e. You reap what you sow.

 

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