The Quest for Knowledge, English IV Unit 3 The Quest for Knowledge

What message does Faustus receive immediately after sealing the deal with the devil?

"Homo fuge!"

Which of the following is best described as hyperbole in Swift's "A Modest Proposal?"

"Supposing that one thousand families in this city, would be constant customers for infants flesh . . . I compute that Dublin would take off annually about twenty thousand carcasses..."

Which of the following works is an example of a reductio ad absurdum?

A Modest Proposal

What thinkers influenced medieval Scholasticism? Select all that apply.

Aristotle Saint Augustine

Why did Faustus pray for redemption at the end of play?

Because he actually knew when his life would end.

wrote the play, Doctor Faustus.

Christopher Marlowe

In Doctor Faustus, who were the experts in the field of magic?

Cornelius and Valdes

The Devil forbids Faustus from discussing which concepts? Select all that apply.

Creation Paradise

This is a pivotal moment in Doctor Faustus because it shows that _____.

Faustus does not truly understand Christianity

What is the significance of these lines from the play?

Faustus does not truly understand Christianity

"If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us." Why then, belike we must sin and so consequently die. Ay, we must die an everlasting death. What doctrine call you this, Che sera sera, "What will be shall be?" Divinity, adieu (scene 1, lines 42-45)

Faustus learns that death is inevitable.

Faustuss' meeting with the Emperor of Germany is ironic because _____.

Faustus once declared that he will rule Germany.

Which of the following scenes in Doctor Faustus are lowbrow? Select all that apply.

Faustus snatches dishes as they are passed around the Pope's table. Mephistophilis and Faustus beat the friars and throw fireworks.

Faustus is gone! Regard his hellish fall, / Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise / Only to wonder at unlawful things

Faustus was sinful.

What message about Faustus does the Chorus give in the above speech?

Faustus was sinful.

If the audience perceives the Good Angel and Evil Angel as demonstrating an internal conflict, what do you think these characters might represent?

Faustus's conscience

if the audience perceives the Good Angel and Evil Angel as demonstrating an internal conflict, what do you think these characters might represent?

Faustus's conscience

Descartes decided not to publish a scientific work because of the way the Catholic Church treated _____.

Galileo

Which of the following natural philosophers ("scientists") lived during Christopher Marlowe's lifetime? Select all that apply.

Galileo Harvey

The Enlightenment philosophy of eudaimonia is best summarized by which option?

Happiness is good for society.

The Enlightenment philosophy of eudemonia is best summarized as _____.

Happiness is good for society.

What is another way to say Saper aude?

Have the courage to use your own understanding.

Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best. (scene 3, lines 21-22)

He is frightened by Mephistophilis.

Why does Faustus say these words to Mephistophilis?

He is frightened by Mephistophilis.

Which of the following characeristics of the classic tragic hero does Faustus NOT possess?

He is of noble birth

What initially prevents Faustus from signing the document?

His blood clots so that he cannot write with it.

...it is certainly a subject worth our labour to inquire into the origin, certainty, and extent of human knowledge, together with the grounds and degrees of belief, opinion, and assent;... ("An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"; Introduction, p. 1).

His topic of human knowledge is worth the time and effort it requires.

Based on this context, Faustus is being compared to

Icarus

Till swoll'n with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach

Icarus

Which explains the importance of sensation, according to Locke?

It is the means by which we acquire basic knowledge of the world around us.

Which type of work would you expect to seem most threatening to those in power?

Juvenalian satire

A child learns of the color yellow by first seeing it several times and understanding how it is different from other colors she sees. Then, she hears her parents use the word "yellow" in association with that color, and thus, she learns how to name the concept.

Locke

Which writers most likely influenced our Founding Fathers? Select all that apply.

Locke and Voltaire Spinoza and Rousseau

What does "Idea" represent? ("An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"; Introduction, p. 1)

Locke feels this term has not been adequately defined.

Which statements offer accurate comparisons of high and low comedy styles? Select all that apply

Low comedy is less clever. High comedy is more nuanced.

What are some of the possible meanings of this line? Select all that apply.

Man, fly! Run away!

Faustus asks the devil for many things in exchange for his soul. Which of these is impossible?

Mephistophilis as his servant

Which of the following areas of learning does Faustus decide to devote his life to studying?

Necromancy

What effect is achieved by Faustus's conjuring up Alexander the Great for the Emperor to see?

Next to Alexander the Great, Faustus's power seems insignificant

What does the Devil forbid Faustus from discussing? Select all that apply.

Paradise creation

What is another way to say, "Have the courage to use your own understanding"?

Saper aude.

Which literary term best describes the action of Clarissa handing the Baron scissors to use as his weapon in Canto III?

Satire

Which of the following story elements was added by Marlowe to the earlier versions of the Faustus legend?

The seven deadly sins visit Faustus.

Which statements identify premises of Locke's argument? Select all that apply.

There are no innate speculative principles. There is not enough proof for the theory of general assent.

Which inference best explains why a satirical author would want to flatter the reader's wit and intelligence?

This could lead the reader to accept the author's views more easily.

Which of the following best states the main social problem Swift is addressing in "A Modest Proposal"?

Too many Irish children were living in poverty.

Faustus asks Mephistophilis for but he is refused

a wife

Which best describes a morality play?

a work that teaches a lesson through the use of allegorical characters

Which factors contribute to Faustus's praying for redemption at the end of play? Select all that apply.

actually knowing when his life will end mortal fear of death

In Belinda's dream in Canto I, Ariel warns her that "some dread event" is coming. This scene illustrates which common feature of an epic poem?

appeals to supernatural elements or forces

Based on what you read in this lesson, what type of humorous device does Pope use in The Rape of the Lock?

burlesque

Swift uses which device in his tale of Gulliver's journey to the land of the Lilliputians?

caricature

I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children. ("A Modest Proposal"; paragraph 12)

caused their tenants great hardship

Which is an archetype? Select all that apply.

clown tragic hero

Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best. (scene 3, lines 21-22)

comic relief

What literary term describes these lines?

comic relief

The line "'Tis magic, magic, that hath ravish'd me" (Scene 1, Line 111) shows that Faustus __________.

desires to know the secrets of necromancy above all else

How now, sir knight! why I had thought thou had'st been a bachelor, but now I see thou hast a wife, that not only gives thee horns, but makes thee wear them. Feel on thy head. KNIGHT. Thou damned wretch and execrable dog, Bred in the concave of some monstrous rock,

detestable repugnant revolting

Unlike a classical epic poem, Pope's mock epic _____. Select all that apply.

emphasizes the trivial makes fun of the aristocracy

Who is speaking in the excerpt above?

evil angel

Who are Cornelius and Valdes?

experts in the field of magic

In the following lines, "Think'st thou that Faustus is so fond to imagine / That, after this life, there is any pain?" The best meaning for the underlined word fond is _______________.

foolish

_____is a point on which Descartes and Locke agreed.

god

Among the arguments that Descartes gives for the existence of God is the idea that _____. Select all that apply.

he, an imperfect human, cannot conceive of a Perfect Being truth can only be guaranteed by a Perfect Being

When Dr. Faustus is about to sign the contract with Mephistophilis, he hesitates because _____.

his blood clots so that he cannot write with it

Which of the following represents a common pre-Enlightenment view concerning the origin of ideas?

ideas are innate

When does Faustus see these words?

immediately after signing his soul over to the Devil

The term Koinai Ennoiai refers to

innate ideas

What does Faustus conjure for the Duke?

it is unknown

Which terms describe the way that Marlowe has the Good Angel and Evil Angel appear together in order to show the contrast between the two views? Select all that apply.

juxtaposition internal conflict external conflict

Faustus's powers corrupt him by making him _____ and _____. Select all that apply.

mediocre unambitious

Descartes disagreed with the Aristotelian and Scholastic ideas of _____. Select all that apply.

natural phenomena derived from end purposes the importance of sensory experience

Faustus decides to study

necromancy

I could feign that there was no world, I could not feign that I did not exist

pretend

What ideas promoted during the Enlightenment prompted many British authors to create satires in the eighteenth century?

reason and proper behavior

One characteristic of high comedy is that it _____.

relies on additional insight

Which of the following is NOT a philosophy associated with The Enlightenment?

romanticism

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is a work of ________________.

satire

The above is an example of

satire

Which of the following circumstances aided the Enlightenment movement? Select all that apply.

scientific advancements the wide availability of printed material

Faustus's downfall is marked by _____.

the declining social status of the people with whom he interacts

begs Faustus to stop searching the dark arts for "forbidden knowledge" because God's wrath will fall upon him otherwise.

the good angel

Mephistophilis describes Hell as _____.

the misery of being away from God after having known the joys of Heaven

How does Mephistophilis describe hell?

the misery of being away from God after having known the joys of heaven

One tenet of deism is _____.

the observation of the natural world

Which below is a tenet of deism?

the observation of the natural world

What was Descartes's purpose in writing Discourse on Method?

to describe a new way of thinking that could be relied on

One characteristic of slapstick comedy is _____.

tripping

When does Mephistophilis first visit Faustus?

when Faustus is in the grove performing an incantation.

After Faustus makes the dark deal, he will have limitless knowledge for twenty-four .

years

Which of the following characters reward Faustus for his conjuring? Select all that apply.

The German Emperor The Duke of Vanholt