ABeka World Literature chs. 9-12 REVIEW
Who was Odysseus' wife?
Penelope.
The Kon-Tiki left Peru to reach where?
Polynesia.
Who was the main character's companion in "Lost in the Sahara"?
Prévot.
Who wrote "A Prayer in Spring"?
Robert Frost.
What is poetry that combines criticism with wit or ironic humor to ridicule something?
Satire.
Who wrote "The Silver Mine"?
Selma Langerlöf.
How many men were on the Kon-Tiki?
Six.
What unusual fish (singular) got onto the Kon-Tiki?
Snake mackerel.
Who wrote "The Skater and the Wolves"?
Whitehead.
Who was the father of modern missions?
William Carey.
Who wrote "Christian Perfection"?
William Law.
"He watches from his mountain walls, and like a thunderbolt he falls" is from what poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
"The Eagle."
"Children will play, and women sun their hair" is from what poem by Robert Nathan?
"There Is a Tide."
The main character in "A White Heron" was offered how much to lead the stranger to the white heron?
$10.
Sarah Orne Jewett, author of "The White Heron," was famous for which of her books?
'The Country of the Pointed Firs.'
"The Search for Everlasting Life" is from what larger work?
'The Epic of Gilgamesh.'
What is a reference to mythology, history, or a literary work?
An allusion.
What is a long, narrative poem in elevated style which presents characters and action of heroic proportions?
An epic.
What is "any long or extended journey or adventure"?
An odyssey.
Who wrote "Lost in the Sahara"?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
What was the name of Odysseus' dog?
Argos.
Which goddess transformed Odysseus into a young man (and then back again)?
Athene.
What was the Kon-Tiki made of?
Balsa logs.
Penelope recognized her husband by the way he described the __________ he had made.
Bed.
Who is Eurydice?
Creon's wife.
Who is the king of Thebes and uncle of Antigone and Ismene?
Creon.
What is a form of literature in prose or poetry (or a combination of the two) which uses actors to portray a story's characters, action, and dialogue?
Drama.
Who was Odysseus' swineherd?
Eumaeus.
True or false: the man in "To Build a Fire" was eventually rescued.
False.
Who was engaged to Antigone and was Creon's son?
Haemon.
How did Ali Hafed die?
He drowned himself.
What did Haemon do when he discovered that Antigone was dead?
He stabbed himself.
Who was King Priam's son?
Hector.
What did Socrates drink to die?
Hemlock.
What accompanied the man in "To Build a Fire"?
His dog.
Who was the blind poet who wrote the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'?
Homer.
"She loves her sister and mourns, with clouded brow and bloodied cheeks, tears on her lovely face" describes whom?
Ismene.
Who is famous for his books "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang"?
Jack London.
Who wrote "What Is So Rare as a Day in June?"
James Russell Lowell.
Who wrote "Ilyás"?
Leo Tolstoy.
Robert P. Tristam Coffin, who wrote "Crystal Moment," wrote about which U.S. state?
Maine.
Who is the father of Antigone and Ismene?
Oedipus.
In "To Build a Fire," how cold was it outside?
-50 degrees.
In what year did the Kon-Tiki sail?
1947.
What is a brief anecdote told in a simple, direct style in prose or verse describing a single incident and designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters?
A fable.
What was the monster that followed the Kon-Tiki?
A whale shark.
Who wrote 'Antigone'?
Sophocles.
Who was the main character in "A White Heron"?
Sylvia.
Who is the blind prophet in 'Antigone'?
Teiresias.
Who was Odysseus' son?
Telemachus.
How long was the Trojan War?
Ten years.
What book did Alexander cling to throughout his short life?
The 'Iliad.'
Who won the Trojan War?
The Greeks.
Where is "To Build a Fire" set?
The Yukon.
What is the physical background against which the events of a story take place?
The setting.
Who wrote 'Kon-Tiki'?
Thor Heyerdahl.
How long was Odysseus away from home?
Twenty years.
