Honors English 10 Midterm- 2022-2023

Complete midterm study guide for Honors English 10-includes vocabulary and quiz questions

Warrants are

the (sometimes) unstated assumptions of an argument

We are reading literature from different social contexts because

it will help us to articulate the underlying warrants we take for granted

When they meet Telemachus, Menelaus reminds Helen that she

almost got Odysseus and other greeks killed

Why didn't Agamemnon welcome Telemachus with appropriate Greek hospitality?

He was dead

In "In medias res" is a literary strategy that

the practice of beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events

The household of Menelaus & Helen at Sparta serves the literary role of a/an _________ in the story.

Foil

The belief that humans are defined by their place/category is called

Essentialism

 

Agamemnon's wife is named

Clytemnestra

What is ethics?

The study of what makes life good

Penelope says that she will marry whoever

strings Odysseus’ bow

Athena is the goddess of

practical wisdom

Tact avoids folly by knowing

not to act until you see more of a situation than others do

While Odysseus is disguised as a beggar, Athena disguises Penelope as

a more beautiful Penelope

Nycteris has to continually expand her idea of

the concept of 'going out.'

What is the order of things in the progression of adjustment from the cave analogy?

Shadows, images and reflections, things/objects themselves, the moon and stars, the sun, concepts/systems, the good itself

What is the first sensation the person will feel when you pull them out of the cave?

Pain, because their eyes are unadjusted

 Why don’t the people in the cave see the people walking behind them and the fire?

Because they have their heads chained to the wall.

What are the deceivers carrying in front of the flame in Plato’s ‘Cave’ allegory?

Artifacts/props

When the serving woman realizes Odysseus’ identity, Penelope

pretends not to notice

Meno is frustrated because Socrates says he keep giving

examples of virtues rather than the definition of virtue itself

According to Socrates, virtue is ___ about how to act rightly

"divinely-granted true opinion"

Socrates teaches math to Meno's servant as a lesson that

knowledge of concepts is not "learned," but remembered

What is a tragedy, according to Aristotle in On Poetics?

an imitation of an action that is complete, serious, and having magnitude, that uses pity and fear to effect catharsis in the audience, so they can feel sympathy

The ancient Greeks believed that life was basically

Suffering

Other than fate, what did the Greeks think determines the quality of human life?

The two jars in Zeus’s hall

‘Deus ex machina,’ or ‘God out of the machine,’ refers to ending a story with

a sudden ‘miraculous’ resolution of the plot.

One of the keys to dating the text of The Odyssey to the 9th/8th century BCE is

Greek alphabet

Greek theater originated in religious rituals in honor of

Dionysus

Jason says he wants to marry Glauce because he thinks

\

At the end of the play, Medea escapes by

flying chariot

Tiresias tells Oedipus that he doesn't need to scheme because _______ has worked out Oedipus's fate.

Apollo

What moves the main character from high status to low in a tragedy?

a reversal or recognition (or both

Oedipus sent Creon to ____to seek help for Thebes.

Delphi

The main character of a tragedy should be

basically good, but not perfect.

Oedipus stabs out his eyes with

his mother’s brooch

As far as we know, who is the only character alive at the end of Oedipus the King?

Oedipus

Oedipus finally discovers his identity through the witness of

the Theban shepherd

Reynard convinces the king to give him some of Isengrim's skin for

making a purse and boots for a journey

Reynard takes advantage of the bear's love of ________ by telling him there is some hidden in a _______.

honey; log.

What lie does Reynard tell the king to turn the king against Isengrim and Bruin?

That Isengrim, Bruin, and Reynard's father were involved in a plot to kill the king.

From whom does the speaker of 'The Wanderer' expect security?

the Father in heaven

What repeated line gives the speaker of 'Deor' hope?

As that passed over, so will this

Why does Aruru create Enkidu?

To struggle with Gilgamesh and be his companion

Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh that only the dragonfly nymph sheds her larva and sees the sun in his glory.  Why?

Because every human dies – for us, there is no permanence.

Which of these best describes the gods’ response to the flood they caused in The Epic of Gilgamesh?

Shame

In Dante’s dream, what does the god of Love present to Beatrice after she and Dante meet?

Dante's heart, commanding that Beatrice eat it

Lady Philosophy claims that pursuing what's truly good makes us

more human

What concepts are echoed in part II of Sir Gawain & The Green Knight?

Christmas games, Claims about England as a place, Ekphrasis

Lady Philosophy compares evil to the magic potions of

Circe

How does Dante respond to his love for Beatrice?

He conceals his love for her for as long as possible

According to Capellanus, why can’t blind people fall in love?

Love requires an image in the mind

What is Gawain's horse's name?

Gringolet

Why does Gilgamesh not want to marry Ishtar?

She has had many lovers, none of them lasting

How does Humbaba try to befriend Gilgamesh?

By building him a palace of cedar

How does Utnapishtim prove to Gilgamesh that he’s too weak to resist death?

How does Enkidu die?

Sickness

How does Humbaba know that someone is in his territory?

He hears when Gilgamesh fells a tree

C.S. Lewis compares the search for God to

navigating the ocean.

The Republic

Plato (375 BCE)

The History of Photogen and Nycteris

George MacDonald (1880)

The Meno

Plato (402)

Archaic Torso of Apollo

Rainer Maria Rilke (1908)

The Apology

Plato (399 BC)

Medea

Euripides (431 BC)

Exeter Book Elegies

Anonymous (Date unknown)

Reynard the Fox

William Caxton (1481)

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius (523)

Mere Christianity

C.S. Lewis (1952)

The Art of Courtly Love

Andreas Capellanus (1185)

The New Life

Dante Alighieri (1295)

The Life of St. Macrina

St. Gregory of Nyssa (383)

Apostles Creed

(5th Century)

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

(5th Century)

Summa Theologiae

Thomas Aquinas (1274)

The Permanent Philosophy

G.K. Chesterton

What repeated line give the speaker in “Deor” hope?

As that passed over, as will this