spring finals

Question 1

Who wrote The Prince?

Answer 1

Machiavelli

Question 2

Where did the author of The Prince live?

Answer 2

Florence

Question 3

Which fighting force is worst: mercenaries, auxiliary armies, or your own armies?

Answer 3

Mercenaries

Question 4

True or false: A prince will best maintain his rule if he strives to always be virtuous.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

According to The Prince, if you can only choose one, is it better to be loved or feared?

Answer 5

Feared

Question 6

In what two locations does the action in Othello take place?

Answer 6

Venice and Cyprus

Question 7

True or false: Cassio is in love with Desdemona

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What personal belonging of Desdemona plays a significant role in the plot?

Answer 8

Her handkerchief

Question 9

Except for the very end of the play, what adjective do the characters usually use to describe Iago?

Answer 9

Honest

Question 10

True or false: Othello quickly confronts Desdemona after learning of her alleged infidelity

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 11

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 12

Why were all the storytellers gathered in a group?

Answer 12

They were together travelling from London to Canterbury on a pilgrimage.

Question 13

In the Reeve’s Tale, who is the thieving main character?

Answer 13

A miller.

Question 14

How do the university students get even with the cheating miller?

Answer 14

They violate his wife and daughter.

Question 15

What did Martin Luther promise to do in response to a thunderstorm?

Answer 15

Become a monk

Question 16

In what town did Luther become a professor and spend most of his life?

Answer 16

Wittenberg

Question 17

What was the main issue the 95 theses addressed?

Answer 17

Indulgences

Question 18

At what meeting of the Holy Roman Empire did Luther formally decline to recant his teachings?

Answer 18

Diet of Worms

Question 19

What did the Edict of Worms declare?

Answer 19

Luther is a heretic

Question 20

Where was Calvin from?

Answer 20

France

Question 21

In what city was Calvin a pastor for most of his career?

Answer 21

Geneva

Question 22

According to Calvin, what are the two marks of a true church?

Answer 22

Pure preaching of the word of God, and the sacraments properly administered

Question 23

True or false: according to Calvin, a sacrament is genuine and valid only if received in faith.

Answer 23

False

Faith is required for the sacrament to be effective.

Question 24

True or false: according to Calvin, the OT promises regarding circumcision are essentially the same as the NT promises regarding baptism

Answer 24

True

Thus infant baptism for children of believers is acceptable.

Question 25

What is the virtue expounded in Book 1 of the Faerie Queene?

Answer 25

Holiness

Question 26

What decoration is emblazoned on the heroic knight?

Answer 26

A red cross

Question 27

To whom does the knight become betrothed to marry at the end of book 1?

Answer 27

Una

Question 28

Where does the play take place?

Answer 28

Verona

Question 29

What is the genre of the play?

Answer 29

Tragedy

Question 30

True or false: Act 2 has a happy ending.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Name the five characters that die, and who kills them.

Answer 31

Mercutio (by Tybalt), Tybalt (by Romeo), Paris (by Romeo), Romeo (self), Juliet (self)

Question 32

Which character gives wise advice and tries to help Romeo and Juliet marry and get over his banishment?

Answer 32

Friar Lawrence

Question 33

Where was George Herbert from?

Answer 33

England

Question 34

Can Herbert best be described as an orthodox Christian, an agnostic, or an atheist?

Answer 34

Orthodox Christian

Question 35

What are the prominent features of poetry?

Answer 35

Meter, rhyme, and figurative language