Liberty University ENGL 102 Test 3
• Question 1
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In context, the excerpt depicts Everyman as __________.
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Liberty University ENGL 102 Test 3
• Question 1
1.6 out of 1.6 points
In context, the excerpt depicts Everyman as __________.
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• Question 2
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Which of the following best summarizes God’s admonition?
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• Question 3
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In context, the phrase “Everyman … liveth beastly” means that
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• Question 4
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Which of the following best summarizes the image of the world depicted in the excerpt?
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• Question 5
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According to the excerpt, __________.
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• Question 6
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Miracle plays flourished until late in the _____ century.
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• Question 7
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Arion is a major contributor to Greek drama; he is the first poet known to insert choral works between verses.
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• Question 8
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Which character speaks last in Everyman?
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• Question 9
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Bolbus and Nerope are the childless couple in Oedipus Rex who adopt a child.
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• Question 10
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Sophocles is noted for his clear and logical action that used political, religious, and personal elements.
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• Question 11
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The Greeks were a war-like culture and enjoyed seeing bloodshed on the stage.
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• Question 12
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Choose the incorrect statement.
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• Question 13
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Match the following:
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Question Selected Match
Bacchus C.
The god of wine
Anti-Strophe B.
Connected with the chorus
Farce A.
Type of comedy
Sphinx D.
Mysterious beast whose mystery is solved by Oedipus
Soliloquy E.
Speech by a character alone onstage
• Question 14
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Modern drama grew out of the liturgical drama of the medieval church.
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• Question 15
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In the play Oedipus the Chorus say: “Majestic Oedipus! / No prince in Thebes had ever such renown, / No prince won such grace of power. / And now of all men ever known / Most pitiful is this man’s story: / His fortunes are most changed, his state / Fallen to a low slave’s / Ground under bitter fate.” The speaker uses opposites in this excerpt. This is an example of the use of ________________.
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• Question 16
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In 534 B.C., Pisistratus instituted an annual March festival at which tragedies were produced in competition for prizes.
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• Question 17
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Merope is the wife of Polybos.
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• Question 18
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Oedipus Rex distinguishes itself from the typical classical plot by presenting a complicated circumstance in order to show that life is complicated.
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• Question 19
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Sophocles' heroes develop into _____ bearers of their fate.
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• Question 20
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Everyman states in the play Everyman: “Alas, shall I have no longer respite? / I may say Death giveth no warning: /…/ Wherefore, Death, I pray thee, for God’s mercy, / Spare me till I provided of remedy.”
In this excerpt, Everyman begs for time before he must begin his _________ process.
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• Question 21
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In the play Oedipus the Chorus say: “Alas the seed of men./…/ That breathe on void and are void / And exist and do not exist?” In context, what does the second line—“That breathe on void and are void”—mean?
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• Question 22
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Greek theatre invented the drop-curtain device.
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• Question 23
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Messenger speaks in Everyman saying: “Ye think sin in the beginning full sweet, / Which in the end causeth thy soul to weep, / When the body lieth in clay.”
In context, sin is deceptive because
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• Question 24
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Jokasta is Oedipus' sister.
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• Question 25
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Ancient Greek drama was not original, because the playwright took his plots/story from the familiar myths of the gods.
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• Question 26
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Confession gives Everyman a
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• Question 27
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Euripides is known for his realistic characterization and dialogue.
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• Question 28
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Jokasta is Teiresias' mother.
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• Question 29
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Everyman states in the play Everyman: “Alas, shall I have no longer respite? / I may say Death giveth no warning: / To think on thee, it maketh my heart sick, / For all unready is my book of reckoning.” The main claim of this excerpt is that
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• Question 30
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Greek series of plays lasted for a two-day period.
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• Question 31
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According to the messenger in Everyman, the actual title of the play is:
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• Question 32
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The Greek chorus was sometimes used to interpret action and intent.
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• Question 33
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In Everyman, who does not speak?
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• Question 34
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Pisistratus was the first poet known to insert choral works between verses.
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• Question 35
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"Hamartia" is a criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or even for the sake of greater good.
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• Question 36
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Everyman is an extant English medieval morality play.
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• Question 37
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Antigone and Ismene are Oedipus' sons.
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• Question 38
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Greek theatre was limited to three actors, although a dramatist could use as many mute actors as he wished.
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• Question 39
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The play Oedipus opens with the following speech by Oedipus: “My children, generations of living / In the line of Kadmos, nursed at his ancient hearth: / Why have you strewn yourself before these altars / In supplication, with your boughs and garlands? / The breath of incense rises from the city / With a sound of prayer and lamentation.” What is Oedipus’ attitude and tone in his speech?
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• Question 40
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In Greek theater, a play's divisions centered at two points: the entrance and exit of the chorus.
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• Question 41
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Sophocles did not
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• Question 42
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Oedipus declares that he is no murderer.
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• Question 43
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According to Aristotle, the tragic hero is good and his fall results from an act of _____
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• Question 44
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Oedipus and his wife, Jokasta, have four children together.
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• Question 45
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In the play Oedipus the Chorus say: “Majestic Oedipus! / No prince in Thebes had ever such renown, / No prince won such grace of power. / And now of all men ever known / Most pitiful is this man’s story: / His fortunes are most changed, his state / Fallen to a low slave’s / Ground under bitter fate.” In context, Oedipus’ situation can be described as _________.
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• Question 46
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The name "Oedipus" means swollen hand.
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• Question 47
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Sophocles writes during Athen's period of greatest glory.
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• Question 48
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There is at least one evidence of Parodos in Oedipus Rex.
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