Cultural Literacy Pt. I Flashcards
1
Q
“All animals are equal”
A
Animal Farm
George Orwell
2
Q
“The unkindest cut of all”
A
Julius Ceasar
Bruits (friend of Ceasar) stabbed Caesar.
Betrayal
3
Q
“Do I dare disturb the universe?”
A
T.S. Elliot “Love Song of J. Alfred Proofrock”
4
Q
“Sirens song”
A
The Odyssey
Song of seduction, ultimately one of danger
5
Q
“Tilting at windmills”
A
don Quixote
Cervantes
Fighting a battle only in your mind/ imagination
6
Q
“Abandon all hope ye who enters here”
A
Dante
The Inferno
7
Q
“Albatros”
A
Rime of an Ancient Mariner
Coleridge
8
Q
“deus ex machina”
A
unexpected even or power that save a seemingness hopeless situation
9
Q
“Faustian bargain”
A
a deal with the devil
10
Q
“drinking the Kool - Aid”
A
Jonestown Rev Jim Jones
A blind follower
