Midterm Flashcards
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Acute
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sharp, intense
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apathy
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lack of interest
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canvass
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to go asking for votes
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capitulate
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to surrender
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complicity
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being involved in illegal activities
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conciliatory
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intended to calm or pacify
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cryptic
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secret, mysterious
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cynical
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distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
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decree
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an official order issued by a legal authority
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demeanor
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way a person looks or acts
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dissentient
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someone who opposes a majority or official position
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eloquence
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persuasive speaking or writing
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eminent
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famous and respected within a profession
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ensconced
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settled comfortably
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expound
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to explain in detail
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ignominious
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disgraceful, shameful
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impromptu
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done without preparation
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indefatigable
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persisting tirelessly
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laborious
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requiring much work
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malignity
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extreme hatred
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manifest
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obvious
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morose
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gloomy and grouchy
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parasitical
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living off of others without helping in any way
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perpetual
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continuing or enduring forever
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pervade
to spread throughout
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procured
to get with great care or effort
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tractable
easily managed
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treachery
deceit
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vice
immoral conduct
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vivacious
lively, animated
31
"brilliant Achilles," and "Hector, breaker of horses" are examples of what literary device?
epithet
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Beowulf is set in which country?
Denmark
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Beowulf is written originally in what language?
Old English
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Did Homer favor the Greeks or the Trojans in The Iliad? Explain.
He didn't pick a side a side; he wrote fair things about the heroes and others on both sides of the story
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Grendel is said to be a descendant of whom?
Cain
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Homer begins The Iliad in the 10th year of the war, thus using what epic convention?
in medias res
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In Animal Farm, what song did the animals love to sing?
Beasts of England
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In Beowulf, what is Herot?
the beautiful mead hall
39
list the characteristics of an epic poem
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long narrative poem
larger than life hero
universal issues
struggle between good and evil
fate of nation relies on hero
hero represents whole nation
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40
list characteristics of communism
no ownership of private property
equal distribution of money
no leader or government-stateless society
41
list the original seven commandments
1 whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy
2 whatever goes upon 4 legs, or has wings, is a friend
3 no animal shall wear clothes
4 no shall sleep in a bed
5 no animal shall drink alcohol
6 no animal shall kill another animal
7 all animals are equal
42
literature in ancient Greece began as what?
oral tradition
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prior to the Iliad, which goddesses were quarreling on the mountain side about who was the most beautiful?
Athena, Aphrodite, Hera
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The murder of animals that confessed to a variety of crimes is representative of what historical event?
the Russian Purges
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The use of exaggeration, ridicule, sarcasm, etc. to draw attention to a problem in society is known as what?
satire
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what body part does Beowulf hang from the rafters of the mead hall?
his arm
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what do the animals work daily to build, even when it;s continually destroyed?
windmill
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what does Achilles do with Hector's body after his death
drags it behind his chariot
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What is a kenning?
a short phrase used to describe someone or something
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what is a long poem about heroic deeds known as?
an epic poem
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what is a universal theme?
a moral or lesson from stories that apply across all cultures and eras of time
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what is alliteration?
repetition of the first letter of a string of words
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what is an allegory?
a story that has hidden meaning and works on two levels
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what is an allusion?
a reference to some other piece of history
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What is caesura?
a complete pause in a line of poetry
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what is propaganda?
information, especially of biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
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what is said to be the only thing that can destroy the mead hall?
fire
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what is the retirement pasture used for in Animal Farm?
to grow barley to make beer
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What sparked the Trojan War?
Prince Paris kidnapped Helen of Troy
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what was life like under Napoleon's rule?
worked hard, starved, life was worse than when Jones owned the farm
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where does Grendel go after he is injured by Beowulf?
his hole at the bottom of the marsh
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which animal first realizes that Boxer is being sent to his death in the van?
Benjamin
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Who is believed to authored Beowulf?
a christian monk
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who scops in english history?
poets
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why aren't the warriors able to kill grendel with their swords?
he bewitched their weapons
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why is Beowulf such an important work in English literature?
it is the earliest recorded piece of Anglo-Saxon history
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why is the anger of Achilles significant in the Iliad?
It caused him not to fight for most of the story, which led to many Trojan deaths
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Animalism
communism
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Boxer
proletariats
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dogs
KGB
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Mollie
aristocrats
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Moses
religion/russian orthodox church
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Mr Fredrick
Hitler
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Mr Jones
Czar Nicholas III
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Mr Pilkington
Churchill
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Napoleon
Stalin
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Old Major
Karl Marx
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pigs in general
communist party
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Snowball
Trotsky
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Squealer
Pravda and Lenin's propaganda machine
