Feb 22, 2011

Questions For The Exam!

1)Is there a play that's going to be weighted much heavier on the test?
No.
2)About which play did Northrop Frye say that critics were making faces?
All's Well That Ends Well
3)A great reckoning in a little room may possibly reference whom?
Christopher Marlowe
4)These are the councilors that ___________
Feelingly persuade me what I am.
5)What name does Rosaline take for her male character in As You Like It?
Ganymede
6)What act of speech is spoken in each of the seven stages of life?
Mewling, whining, sighing, in strange oaths, through wise saws, whistling, silence
7)What does Miles Gloriosus mean?
The braggart soldier
8)Which character in All's Well That Ends Well is a perfect example of a Miles Gloriosus?
Perolles
9)Puck is addressing...
A wide variety of audiences
10)What profession does Jacques want to pursue after at the end of As You Like It?
To join Duke Frederick and become a holy man
11)Why is Lavache the clown getting married?
The devil drive (lust)
12)What is the turn for an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation?
Deus ex Machina
13)In this class, which two levels of Shakespeare are stressing?
Historical and mythological
14)What did TS Eliot say about Shakespeare?
We can only be wrong about him in a new way
15)According to Borges, who is Shakespeare?
He is everyone and no one
16)The human mind has the power to encompass what?
The entire universe
17)Which god descends from the sky at the end of As You Like It?
Hymen
18)What does neologism mean? (create your own neologism)
Come up with a word that doesn't exist, and include up with a definition for it
19)What term did Keats use when he referred to an artist ridding himself of everything?
Negative capability
20)Orlando is to Rosalind as Touchstone is to ____________
Audrey, the country wench
21)The metaphor turning lead into gold refers to what?
Turning water into wine
22)To Shakespeare, what does to rot also mean?
To ripen
23)What is a Hieros Gamos?
Holy marriage
24)The Woode in MSND refers to?
The outskirts of town
25)The 16th and 17th sonnets refer to immortality as what?
Giving birth to mind babies
26)What does Ted Hughes say is Shakespeare's consuming myth?
Venus and Adonis
27)What is the Forest of Arden?
The Green World
28)We are their ___________ and _____________.
Parents, originals