Unit 5

Question 1

“Brahma” contains ideas found in Hinduism and has complicated ______.

Answer 1

paradoxes

Question 2

The epic poem called the Shahnameh contains the history and legends of ________.

Answer 2

Persia

Question 3

Ralph Waldo Emerson began ________.

Answer 3

Transcendentalism

Question 4

The _____ was poetic form created by Dante.

Answer 4

terza rima

Question 5

placing different kinds of words or images next to each other to create a comparison or an unusual or shocking effect

Answer 5

juxtaposition

Question 6

relating to a reality that cannot be perceived by the senses

Answer 6

metaphysical

Question 7

unusual syntax; jumping from one thought to another

Answer 7

fragmentation

Question 8

the use or study of poetic meters

Answer 8

metrics

Question 9

a kind of rhyme or the particular placement of rhyming words in lines of poetry

Answer 9

rhyme scheme

Question 10

produced or living naturally in a particular geographical location

Answer 10

indigenous

Question 11

a common language developed by speakers of different languages

Answer 11

lingua franca

Question 12

someone who, for religious or spiritual purposes, practices strict self-discipline and abstains from different kinds of activities

Answer 12

ascetic

Question 13

Lakshman

Answer 13

Toru Dutt

Question 14

Long Ago

Answer 14

Sappho

Question 15

Let America Be America Again

Answer 15

Langston Hughes

Question 16

Ku Feng

Answer 16

Li Po

Question 17

Ancient Nahuatl Poems

Answer 17

Daniel Brinton

Question 18

Divine Comedy

Answer 18

Dante Alighieri

Question 19

The Aztecs were an indigenous people of ______

Answer 19

Mexico

Question 20

Taoism promotes _____ with the forces of nature.

Answer 20

oneness