Liberty University ENGL 102 TEST 2

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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 __________. ... Selected Answer: • Question 2 1.6 out of 1.6 points Which of the following best summarizes God’s admonition? Selected Answer: • Question 3 1.6 out of 1.6 points In context, the phrase “Everyman … liveth beastly” means that Selected Answer: • Question 4 1.6 out of 1.6 points Which of the following best summarizes the image of the world depicted in the excerpt? Selected Answer: • Question 5 0 out of 1.6 points According to the excerpt, __________. Selected Answer: • Question 6 1.6 out of 1.6 points Miracle plays flourished until late in the _____ century. Selected Answer: • Question 7 1.6 out of 1.6 points Arion is a major contributor to Greek drama; he is the first poet known to insert choral works between verses. Selected Answer: • Question 8 1.6 out of 1.6 points Which character speaks last in Everyman? Selected Answer: • Question 9 1.6 out of 1.6 points Bolbus and Nerope are the childless couple in Oedipus Rex who adopt a child. Selected Answer: • Question 10 1.6 out of 1.6 points Sophocles is noted for his clear and logical action that used political, religious, and personal elements. Selected Answer: • Question 11 1.6 out of 1.6 points The Greeks were a war-like culture and enjoyed seeing bloodshed on the stage. Selected Answer: • Question 12 0 out of 1.6 points Choose the incorrect statement. Selected Answer: • Question 13 1.6 out of 1.6 points Match the following: • 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 1.6 out of 1.6 points Modern drama grew out of the liturgical drama of the medieval church. Selected Answer: • Question 15 1.6 out of 1.6 points 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 ________________. Selected Answer: • Question 16 1.6 out of 1.6 points In 534 B.C., Pisistratus instituted an annual March festival at which tragedies were produced in competition for prizes. Selected Answer: • Question 17 1.6 out of 1.6 points Merope is the wife of Polybos. Selected Answer: • Question 18 1.6 out of 1.6 points Oedipus Rex distinguishes itself from the typical classical plot by presenting a complicated circumstance in order to show that life is complicated. Selected Answer: • Question 19 1.6 out of 1.6 points Sophocles' heroes develop into _____ bearers of their fate. Selected Answer: • Question 20 1.6 out of 1.6 points 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. Selected Answer: • Question 21 1.6 out of 1.6 points 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? Selected Answer: • Question 22 1.6 out of 1.6 points Greek theatre invented the drop-curtain device. Selected Answer: • Question 23 1.6 out of 1.6 points 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 Selected Answer: • Question 24 1.6 out of 1.6 points Jokasta is Oedipus' sister. Selected Answer: • Question 25 1.6 out of 1.6 points Ancient Greek drama was not original, because the playwright took his plots/story from the familiar myths of the gods. Selected Answer: • Question 26 1.6 out of 1.6 points Confession gives Everyman a Selected Answer: • Question 27 1.6 out of 1.6 points Euripides is known for his realistic characterization and dialogue. Selected Answer: • Question 28 1.6 out of 1.6 points Jokasta is Teiresias' mother. Selected Answer: • Question 29 0 out of 1.6 points 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 Selected Answer: • Question 30 1.6 out of 1.6 points Greek series of plays lasted for a two-day period. Selected Answer: • Question 31 1.6 out of 1.6 points According to the messenger in Everyman, the actual title of the play is: Selected Answer: • Question 32 1.6 out of 1.6 points The Greek chorus was sometimes used to interpret action and intent. Selected Answer: • Question 33 1.6 out of 1.6 points In Everyman, who does not speak? Selected Answer: • Question 34 1.6 out of 1.6 points Pisistratus was the first poet known to insert choral works between verses. Selected Answer: • Question 35 1.6 out of 1.6 points "Hamartia" is a criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or even for the sake of greater good. Selected Answer: • Question 36 1.6 out of 1.6 points Everyman is an extant English medieval morality play. Selected Answer: • Question 37 1.6 out of 1.6 points Antigone and Ismene are Oedipus' sons. Selected Answer: • Question 38 0 out of 1.6 points Greek theatre was limited to three actors, although a dramatist could use as many mute actors as he wished. Selected Answer: • Question 39 1.6 out of 1.6 points 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? Selected Answer: • Question 40 1.6 out of 1.6 points In Greek theater, a play's divisions centered at two points: the entrance and exit of the chorus. Selected Answer: • Question 41 1.6 out of 1.6 points Sophocles did not Selected Answer: • Question 42 1.6 out of 1.6 points Oedipus declares that he is no murderer. Selected Answer: • Question 43 1.6 out of 1.6 points According to Aristotle, the tragic hero is good and his fall results from an act of _____ Selected Answer: • Question 44 1.6 out of 1.6 points Oedipus and his wife, Jokasta, have four children together. Selected Answer: • Question 45 1.6 out of 1.6 points 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 _________. Selected Answer: • Question 46 1.6 out of 1.6 points The name "Oedipus" means swollen hand. Selected Answer: • Question 47 0 out of 1.6 points Sophocles writes during Athen's period of greatest glory. Selected Answer: • Question 48 1.6 out of 1.6 points There is at least one evidence of Parodos in Oedipus Rex. [Show More]

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