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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus was written by

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Christopher Marlow

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2
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The 12th Night was written by

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William Shakespeare

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3
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Orsino loves _____ in 12th night

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Olivia

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4
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Viola loves _________ in 12th night

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Orsino

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5
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Olivia loves _____ in 12th night.

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Ceasario

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6
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Antonio loves ______in 12th night

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Sebastian

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7
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Malvolio loves _______in 12th night

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Olivia

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8
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Ceasario is who ______ in 12th night

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Viola

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9
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Who sings in the 12th night?

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Feste the clown

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10
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What is the 12th night holiday?

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The 12th night after Dec. 25 (Christmas).

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11
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Why does Sir Toby keep Sir Andrew Augecheeck around?

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Because he is using his money to drink with.

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12
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Faustus has an assistant named ______.

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Wagner

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13
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Faustus is a student at ___________.

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Wittenburg

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14
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The devil who serves faustus is named _________.

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Mephastophilis

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15
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True or False. Faustus meets the Holy Roman Emperor.

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TRUE

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16
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Faustus meets all of the following except: A.)William shakespeare B.) the pope C.) Alexander the Great D.) Helen of Troy

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A.) William Shakespeare

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17
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There are how many deadly sins?

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7

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18
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Faustus tells a horse trader to never let the horse do what?

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Ride through water

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19
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Faustus gets how many years of pleasure and power from the devil?

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24 years

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20
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In the end, Faustus sees visions of _______ and then what happens?

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Christ’s blood, he then cries out to God and is carried away by the devils.

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21
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In the Prologue, who introduces the story of Doctor Faustus?

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The Chorus

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22
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To which Greek mythological character is Faustus compared in the Prologue?

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Icarus

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23
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What fields of learning does Faustus consider before he turns to magic?

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Logic, medicine, law, and theology

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24
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Which characters instruct Faustus in the dark arts?

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Cornelius and Valdes

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25
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When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear?

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In the shape of a Franciscan friar

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26
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What does Faustus offer in return for this service?

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His soul

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27
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How does Faustus sign his compact with Lucifer?

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In his own blood

28
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What is the meaning of the words that appear on Faustus’s arm in Latin

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“Fly, man”

29
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Who agrees, under duress, to become Wagner’s servant?

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The clown

30
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1What does Mephastophilis refuse to tell Faustus?

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He says that the answer is “against our kingdom”

31
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Why does Mephastophilis refuse to answer this question? (what Mephastophillis refuses to tell Faustus)

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He says that the answer is “against our kingdom”

32
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Which city does Faustus visit extensively in scene 7?

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Rome

33
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What trick does Faustus, while invisible, play on the pope?

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He steals dishes of food and disrupts the pope’s banquet

34
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Which historical figure does Faustus conjure up for the emperor to see?

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Alexander the Great

35
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Which character is publicly skeptical of Faustus’s powers?

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The knight (also known as Benvolio)

36
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How does Faustus humiliate this skeptic?

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He makes antlers sprout from the skeptics head

37
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Who tries to persuade Faustus to repent just before he reseals his pact with Lucifer?

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An old man

38
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What does the horse-courser think he is removing from Faustus’s body after Faustus wakes?

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His leg

39
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What does Faustus fetch for the Duchess of Vanholt?

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A dish of grapes

40
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Where, according to Mephastophilis, is hell?

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Everywhere that heaven is not

41
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What famous beauty does Mephastophilis present to Faustus in scene 12?

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Helen of Troy

42
Q

Complete the quote: “If music be the food of _____, play on.”

A

love

43
Q

Where does Twelfth Night take place?

A

Ilyria

44
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Why is Olivia unwilling to receive any visitors?

A

She is in mourning for her dead brother

45
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Why is Sir Andrew Aguecheek staying at Olivia’s home?

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He is trying to court Olivia

46
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How does Viola disguise herself?

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She dresses like a man

47
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What is Malvolio’s position?

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He is Olivia’s steward

48
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What is Sir Toby’s great vice?

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He is a drunkard

49
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Who does Orsino send to carry his messages to Olivia?

A

Viola, disguised as Cesario

50
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Who is Sebastian?

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Viola’s brother

51
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What does the forged letter make Malvolio believe?

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That Olivia is in love with him

52
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Who takes care of Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?

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Antonio

53
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Who challenges Cesario to a duel?

A

Sir Andrew

54
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What does Malvolio wear in the hope of pleasing Olivia?

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Yellow stockings and crossed garters

55
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Why does Antonio travel to Illyria?

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To be close to Sebastian

56
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Why does Sir Andrew try to fight with Sebastian?

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He thinks that Sebastian is Cesario

57
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What do Sir Toby and the others do to Malvolio?

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They lock him in a dark room and tell him he is mad

58
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What disguise does Feste wear when he speaks with Malvolio?

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Sir Topas, the curate

59
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When he realizes that Cesario is a woman, what does Orsino do?

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He decides to marry her

60
Q

Which character does not get married (or plan to) at the end of the play?

A

Malvolio

61
Q

In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” how could we best describe the shepard.

A

romantic but unrealistic

62
Q

What phrase best describes carpe diem?

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“seize the day” (live life to the fullest would be a good phrase.)

63
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What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”

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A-a-b-b

64
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Sonnet

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Poem. A 14-line verse form often in iambic pentameter, having one of several conventional rhyme schemes and usually featuring a shift in mood or tone after the eighth or twelfth line.

65
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metaphysical poets

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Metaphysical poet, any of the poets in 17th-century England who inclined to the personal and intellectual complexity and concentration that is displayed in the poetry of John Donne, the chief of the Metaphysicals
Their work is a blend of emotion and intellectual ingenuity, characterized by conceit or “wit”—that is, by the sometimes violent yoking together of apparently unconnected ideas and things so that the reader is startled out of his complacency and forced to think through the argument … (100 of 430 words)

66
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history play

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A dramatization of historical material, especially the Elizabethan dramas based on the chronicle histories of England.

67
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Comedy

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a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.

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