Midterm

Question 1

Punic Wars

Answer 1

wars between carthage and rome (relevant to Dido/Aeneas)

Question 2

Prolepsis

Answer 2

The presentation of future events as past tense events

Question 3

Canto

Answer 3

A chapter/poem from the Divine Comedy

Question 4

Bob and Wheel

Answer 4

The pairing or alternation of two metrical schemes

Question 5

scop

Answer 5

anglo-saxon poet, preserver of oral tradition

Question 6

sins of incontinence/volition

Answer 6

incontinence = lack of self control, volition = badness or harmful intent

Question 7

translatio imperii/studii

Answer 7

imperii =preservation of empire through use of empirical industry (military), studii = artistic preservation

Question 8

fitt

Answer 8

anglo saxon canto

Question 9

ubi sunt

Answer 9

way things were

Question 10

malebolge

Answer 10

8th level of hell (fraud), 10 pockets in cavern, each called a bolgia

Question 11

Norman invasion

Answer 11

french (norman) invasion of england, made the language more french

Question 12

old english (anglo saxon) vs middle english

Answer 12

middle english more norman (french), lasting from 1100 to 1450, old english 500 to 1100

Question 13

Caesura

Answer 13

pause in the middle of a line

Question 14

Elegiac

Answer 14

relating to an elegy (sad poem), elegiac couplet = one line in dactylic hexameter, the other in dactylic pentameter

Question 15

furies

Answer 15

goddesses of vengeance who lived in the underworld

Question 16

teleology

Answer 16

interpretation of things by their consequence (related to stories of fate)

Question 17

9 circles of hell + a character from each

Answer 17

limbo, ancient poets, lust, francesca/paolo, gluttony, Ciacco, avarice, nobody, wrath, filippo argenti, heretics, Farinata, violence, fraud, treachery

Question 18

What happened in each book of the Aeneid

Answer 18

1-6 odyssey 7-12 iliad

Question 19

Aeneas

Answer 19

main guy (good boy)

Question 20

dido

Answer 20

Carthaginian queen, falls in love with Aeneas, kills self

Question 21

Turnus

Answer 21

Main bad guy, main suitor of Lavinia

Question 22

Lavinia

Answer 22

Italian queen who Aeneas marries to start Rome, no lines

Question 23

Anchises

Answer 23

Aeneas’ father, leads him through the underworld and shows him his descendants’ fate

Question 24

ascanius

Answer 24

Aeneas’ son, symbolizes the future success of Rome

Question 25

Creusa

Answer 25

Aeneus' first wife, dies fleeing burning Troy

Question 26

Sinon

Answer 26

Youth who convinced Trojans to allow the Trojan horse into Troy

Question 27

Latinus

Answer 27

King of the latins, father of Lavinia, allows Aeneas to marry his daughter

Question 28

Amata

Answer 28

Wife of Latinus, ally to Turnus throughout war, kills herself before Aeneas wins

Question 29

Evander

Answer 29

King of Pallanteum, enemy of Latins, fights alongside Aeneas against Turnus

Question 30

Pallas

Answer 30

Son of Evander, whom Aeneas loves. Killed by Turnus inciting Aeneas' vengeance

Question 31

Drancës

Answer 31

Latin leader who doesn't want conflict

Question 32

Camilla

Answer 32

Leader of the Volscians, a race of warrior maidens, only strong female character

Question 33

Achates

Answer 33

Right hand man to Aeneas

Question 34

Juturna

Answer 34

Sister to Turnus, who starts major conflict through disguising and stirring shit

Question 35

Juno

Answer 35

Primary divine antagonist, doesn't like Trojans, doesn't like Aeneas because she loves Carthage and knows it is doomed with Aeneas' victory

Question 36

Venus

Answer 36

Mother of Aeneas, helps him out, keeps him safe

Question 37

Vulcan

Answer 37

God of fire and the forge, makes Aeneas' armor for final battle with Turnus

Question 38

Allecto

Answer 38

A fury sent by Juno to incite war

Question 39

Priam

Answer 39

King of troy, killed in front of Aeneas during siege of Troy

Question 40

Pyrrhus

Answer 40

Kills Priam and his sons during sack of troy, bad guy

Question 41

Cotton Library

Answer 41

Library which held the many important anglo-saxon texts

Question 42

Book 1 Synopsis

Answer 42

Aeneas encounters a storm and is cast ashore at Carthage

Question 43

Book 2 Synopsis

Answer 43

The hero tells Dido of his escape from Troy.

Question 44

Book 3 Synopsis

Answer 44

The wanderings of Aeneas: Harpies, meeting with Helenus. Death of Anchises

Question 45

Book 4 Synopsis

Answer 45

Dido's passion for Aeneas. At Jupiter's command, Aeneas departs. Dido kills herself

Question 46

Book 5 Synopsis

Answer 46

Aeneas reaches Sicily. Funeral games for Anchise

Question 47

Book 6 Synopsis

Answer 47

Aeneas with the Sibyl at Cumae. He meets Anchises in the Underworld

Question 48

Book 7 Synopsis

Answer 48

Aeneas lands in Latium. Latinus promises Lavinia. Juno and Allecto stir up war. Catalogue of Italian heroes

Question 49

Book 8 Synopsis

Answer 49

Aeneas secures the help of Evander and the Etruscans. Story of Hercules and Cacus. Armor from Vulcan

Question 50

Book 9 Synopsis

Answer 50

Turnus attacks the Trojan camp. Nisus and Euryalus. The camp is hard pressed

Question 51

Book 10 Synopsis

Answer 51

Council of gods. Tuscan catalogue. Turnus kills Pallas. Juno saves Turnus from raging Aeneas. Aeneas kills Mezentius

Question 52

Book 11 Synopsis

Answer 52

Burial of Pallas. Diomedes' refusal. Council: Drances abuses Turnus. The Trojans attack. Death of Camilla

Question 53

Book 12 Synopsis

Answer 53

Single combat arranged, but treachery provokes a general engagement. Trojans attack the city. In single combat, Aeneas kills Turnus

Question 54

Nisus and Euryalus

Answer 54

(gay lovers) warriors who fought for Aeneid, very capable fighters, slain together on a mission