Deck 45: Poetry and Myth

Question 1

In the fifteenth century, literary and scientific works became more accessible because of ________________________________.

A) the invention of the printing press
B) the Crusades
C) Humanism
D) the Renaissance

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Seventeenth-century masques were _____________________________________________.

A) fantastic, artistic creations made to hide the face
B) theatrical performances of scenes from ancient myths
C) mythological plays acted out in churches and cathedrals
D) parades celebrating ancient Roman festivals

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Hallmarks of pastoral poetry do NOT include _____________________________________.

A) peaceful, rural settings
B) allusions to ancient Greek and Roman mythology
C) idealizing domesticated livestock such as sheep and cows.
D) charming, stereotypical rural characters

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the ancient myth, Leda is raped by ______________________.

A) Apollo
B) Zeus
C) Hermes
D) a Satyr

Question 5

Ancient Greeks called on the Muses for ______________________.

A) protection from drowning
B) inspiration in the creative arts
C) success in battle
D) a long and healthy life

Question 6

When John Keats writes, "Of thee I hear" and "So thou wast blind!" he is referring to ________________________.

A) John Milton
B) Alfred Lord Tennyson
C) Odysseus
D) Homer

Question 7

Tennyson's Ulysses is unhappy because ______________________________________.

A) he is no longer king
B) he longs for his previous life of adventure
C) Telemachus has handled his affairs badly
D) Penelope has finally left him

Question 8

For William Butler Yeats, Greek civilization began with the union of Zeus and Leda, and the next great civilization began with the __________________________________.

A) Crusades
B) fall of Rome
C) rise of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
D) birth of Christ

Question 9

Of the descriptions below, the one that is in Anne Sexton's but NOT the Grimms' "Snow White" is ________________________________________________________________.

A) "At each turn there were 20 doorways and at each stood a hungry wolf"
B) "Bring me her heart, she said to the hunter."
C) "You must not open the door."
D) "And once more the queen dressed rags and once more Snow White opened the door."

Question 10

When Milton writes, "Where were ye, Nymphs…" and "What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore . . . " what is he lamenting?

A) Nymphs are unreliable.
B) Muses are powerless.
C) Edward King's drowning was inevitable.
D) He was not there to try to save his friend.

Question 11

In "A Litany for Survival," Lorde includes _____________________ as part of the community she addresses.

A) all men and women
B) all women
C) all African Americans
D) herself
E) her mother

Question 12

The ________________________ were the most decisive factor in bringing works of ancient Middle Eastern lands to Europe.

Question 13

"Renaissance" means ______________________________________.

Question 14

"Pastor" is the Latin word for ________________________.

Question 15

Clothe, Lachesis, and Atropos were the Greek ___________________________.

Question 16

An example of a nineteenth-century work inspired by Greek myth is __________________________________.

Question 17

The major theme of Tennyson's "Ulysses" is ______________________________.

Question 18

Although Milton is mourning his friend Edward King, he dedicates his poem to ______________________.

Question 19

_______________________________ is an example of a simile in Anne Sexton's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

Question 20

______________________ is Ulysses' son.

Question 21

Yeats's line "And Agamemnon dead" refers to the tragedies in that ancient Greek family. Two other family members who were killed are ________________________ and _________________________.

Question 22

Lorde invokes __________ deities of Western Africa in her poetry.

Question 23

Lorde's goal is to empower those who metaphorically have _______.