Which attribute of the characters in morality plays reflects the fact that these plays were naive allegories?
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They personified abstract concepts.
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In the play Everyman, what is common to Discretion, Strength, Five Wits, and Beauty?
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They all forsake him on his final journey.
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Which of these statements is true about the play Everyman?
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The fate of Everyman is predestined.
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Which two lines in this excerpt from the play Everyman show that Everyman is reluctant to go with Death and wants to delay the time of his final journey?
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Wherefore, Death, I pray thee, for God's mercy,
Spare me till I be provided of remedy.
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Which phrase in this excerpt from the play Everyman refers to God's judgment of people's souls after their death?
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General Reckoning
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Identify the important role that the Catholic Church played in the development of theater by completing these sentences.
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"The choir or chanted commentaries, were the church's first attempts to reach out to the common people" would be the best option, since the old choirs were used to tell stories and make them more relatable.
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Which of these playwrights is considered one of the greatest Greek writers of comic drama? Plautus Terence Seneca Aristophanes
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Aristophanes
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What led to the beginning of the Renaissance?
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the rediscovery of the Greek and Roman classics, which led to a flowering of art and culture in Europe
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In the Elizabethan great chain of being, which being was at the lowest rung of human society?
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the common man
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Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight,
And burned is Apollo's laurel bough,
That sometime grew within this learned man.
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a symbol of fame and reward, belonging to the god of divination.
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swoll'n with cunning of a self-conceit,
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And melting heavens conspired his overthrow.
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Icarus and Daedalus
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Which two parts of this excerpt from Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus bring out the theme of forbidden knowledge?
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Only to wonder at unlawful things, forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits
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Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies!--
Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again.
Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips,
And all is dross that is not Helena.
I will be Paris, and for love of thee,
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Trojan War
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Which of these religious beliefs is most closely related to the plot of Christopher Marlowe's
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus?
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The devil actively seeks to destroy human souls.
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What distinct quality does the speaker attribute to his beloved's face in this excerpt from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 93?
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She can conceal her love very well
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How does the structure of this Italian sonnet by Petrarch support its theme?
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The octave builds an idea about love, while the sestet comments on that idea.
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The sonnet is written in the___1___ form. The rhyme scheme is____2____ . The main idea of the poem is___3_____ . The poet has used the _____4____ of burning an oak to emphasize how patient one needs to be when trying to win the love of a lady. He also uses the metaphor of the ____5____ to emphasize the depth of love.
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*1. English
Edmund Spenser is English. He varied the traditional Shakespearean English sonnet form by changing the rhyme scheme which creates couplet links that connect the quatrains together.
*2. abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian sonnets repeat the last rhyme as the first rhyme of the next quatrain. This continuation of a rhyme from quatrain to quatrain ties them together more than previous sonnet forms.
*3. lasting love
The poet uses phrases like "endure for ever" and "naught but death can sever" to show how long love can last.
*4. metaphor
He is comparing the burning oak to the patience it takes when wooing. He does not use like or as which would indicate a simile. Also, the oak is not being given human traits which is required for personification.
*5. knot
He compares the depth of love to a knot so tightly tied and tangled that it cannot be undone.
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Which poet first popularized the sonnet form?
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Francesco Petrarch
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What was William Shakespeare's initial motive for becoming an actor?
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He wanted to elevate his status in society.
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What do Hamlet's words indicate in this soliloquy from Hamlet, act III, scene I?
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He is confused about what action to take
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Match the characters in Hamlet to their attributes.
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Gertrude- guilt
Hamlet- desire for revenge
Ophelia- respect for her father
Claudius- mixed loyalties
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To which country can tragedy and comedy be traced back?
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greece
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What conclusion does Ophelia draw from Hamlet's behavior in act III, scene I, in which he tells her to "Get thee to a nunnery"?
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he lost his mind
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