Hackman Brooks Semester 2 Final
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon the bank" is an example of
Personification
A person of European origin living in Algeria during the period of French rule, esp. a French person repatriated after Algeria was granted independence in 1962
Pied noir
What character in the play is like a muse because this character has information that no other character does in act V ("You shall not know by what strange accident/I changed on this letter")?
Portia
Mersault's fate includes
Public execution
He's a little on the short side with broad shoulders and a nose like a boxer's. He always dresses very sharp
Raymond
His forearms were all white under the black hairs. I found it a little repulsive"
Raymond
One major thematic topic in the novel, manifested in the spring on the beach and the dawn is
Renewal
Salamano's dog
Runs away
Has yellow scabs on his face and wispy yellow hair
Salamano
"The man that hath no music in himself" could refer to
Shylock
Trade/commerce
Silver is the metal of...
Before prison, Mersault's least favorite day is
Sunday
Mersault finds that he cannot smile while looking at his tin plate in jail, right before he realizes that he has been
Talking to himself
Mersault is attracted to Marie's
Tan skin; laugh
"Despite the commotion, they were managing to make themselves hear by talking in very low voices"
The Arabs
Absurdism—in its technical definition—is
The belief that a search for meaning is inherently in conflict with the actual lack of meaning, but that one should accept this and simultaneously rebel against it by embracing what life has to offer
"We put the cover on, but I'm supposed to unscrew the casket"
The caretaker
Mersault screams at his person in rage
The chaplain
-a psychological test (common to myth and folklore before the play) -an act of interpretation
The choosing of a casket is...(2 things)
-in making the wrong choice, a suitor will never reveal what his choice was -the suitor will never marry anyone else -the suitor will leave Portia's house immediately
The conditions that the suitor agrees to when he makes a choice of caskets include...(3 things)
"There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st / But in his motion like an angel sings" refers to
The music of the heavenly spheres which humans can no longer hear after the fall of Adam and Eve
I "Saw that she had a bandage wrapped around her head just below the eyes. Where her nose should have been, the bandage was flat"
The nurse
-the concept of equivalence -supposed merit -commerce
The prince of Aragon chooses the silver casket, symbolizing...(3 things)
This accompanies Mersault for a meal at Celeste's and tallies up the bill before even eating
The robot woman
Over the course of the Novel, this bothers Mersault the most
The sun and the heat
This Athenian added an actor to the chorus, thus creating drama
Thespis
"I was struck by their blood red color next to the pallor of his face"
Thomas Perez
This gives Mersault the urge to cry
Those people in court that hate him
Sophocles
Was a playwright, was a general, was a treasurer, AND was involved in politics
When Portia tells Bassanio (Before revealing how she got the ring) to "Watch her like Argus" she means
Watch me closely because Argus had 1000 eyes
He tells him that he can come but he must tone down his wild behavior
What does Bassanio say to Gratiano's request to accompany him to Belmont?
That the suitors will never marry and therefore lose the possibility of having an heir
What is the great risk of the casket contest?
He is looking at the back of his sons head because he is nearly blind
When Gobbo exclaims "what a beard hast thou got!" to his son Lancelet, it is comical because...
A skull
When Morocco says, "oh what have we here? / a 'carrion death' within whose empty eye / there is written a scroll" the ' ' word refers to...
Malapropism
When talking to Shylock, Lancelet says "My young master doth expect your 'reproach'. " the ' ' word is an example of...
He wants to see Bassanio waste the money lent to him though Antonio's bond
Why does Shylock attend Bassanio's masque?
This was essential to religious and communal life, and it was a special treat instead of an everyday thing
Wine
jessica trades that ring for...
a monkey
this character states that he is the "tainted wether of the flock"
antonio
these characters are metaphorical castrates... (4)
antonio, shylock, aragon, morocco
this is an emblem of justice...
balance
"in religion/what damned error but some sober brow/will bless it and approve it with a text/hiding the grossness with fair ornament" defines...
causity
this leads to the trial scene being structured for maximum dramatic effect...
dramatic irony
bathazar asks for these items after winning the court case... (2)
gloves, bassanio's ring
jessica metaphorically castrates her father by taking away... (3)
his lineage, his money, and his ways of breeding
shylock gives jessica a ring that was from...
his wife (leah)
gratiano does this after announcing his marriage... (2)
makes a bet about who will have the first boy, makes a lewd joke
this is an emblem of licentiousness...
monkey
this destabilizes patriarchy and tradition...
portia
"we all expect a gentle answer, Jew" exemplifies this literary device...
pun
licentiousness means...
sexual pormiscuity
"it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/upon the place beneath" is a...
simile that refers to mercy
this is an emblem of mercy...
surgeon
this establishes that the man should give the woman a ring in a marriage proposal...
the book of common prayer
this uses the royal "we" when speaking...
the duke
"i pardon thee thou life before thy ask it" is said by...
the duke which exemplifies mercy
antonio and shylock are alike because... (3)
they both lend money, they both are excluded at the close of the play in the same way, they both are (figuratively) like Jacob
antonio sees jacob as a...while shylock sees him as a justification of....
venture capitalist, usury
Jessica; guilt
"Alack, what heinous sin is it me / to be ashamed to be my father's child" is said by this character and indicates this feeling
The chase is more fun than the endgame
"All things that are, / are with more spirit chaséd than enjoyed" means...
After
"Ere" means...
Having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth
"Gilded" most closely means...
What will Shylock not do with Antonio and Bassanio?
-Eat with them -Drink with them -Pray with them
According to Nerissa, where does happiness lie?
-Happiness is found in the mean, that is, practicing everything in moderation and avoiding excesses and extremes
Why does Shylock hate Antonio?
-He is a Christian -He lends money without interest
Antonio is sad, but he tells his friends he does not know why. As a result, his friends offer reasons about why they think he is sad. What are the reasons?
-His merchandise is on the seas along with his money -He is in love
What literary device is "Your worship was the last man in our mouths"?
-Irony
Shakespeare switches from _____ to _____ in Shylock's aside in order to intensify the moment when Shylock and Antonio meet.
-Prose to verse
What literary device is "Hie thee, gentle Jew"?
-Pun
What literary device is "Renowned suitors, and her sunny locks / Hang on her temples like a golden fleece"?
-Simile
What does this quote mean: "Such hare is the madness of youth, to skip o'er the meshes of good council, the cripple"?
-The youth is impulsive and impassioned, and they may not listen to cautionary advice
What is the meaning of Portia's comment about the brain devising the laws for the blood?
-While reason can tell us what we should do, emotion can sometimes override reason
Sophocles wrote ______ plays, ____ of which still survived
123, 7
How many people would watch plays at a theater of Dionysius?
14,000-15,000
When did the Algerian War of Independence take place?
1954-1962
The naval battle of Salamis took place in
480 BC
Sophocles lived between the years of
496-406 BC
Mersault shoots the Arab this many times in total
5 times
This period of Greek history exhibits intellectual and artistic achievements, and the start of theater and drama
6th - 5th centuries BC
According to Camus's life experience, one interpretation of absurdism is
A conflict between the desire for life when young and the discovery of death
"Who chose the me must give hazard all he hath"
A crucial theme of the play is...
Next to Mersault and Marie (when Marie visits him in prison) there sits
A mother and her son
The plays that Ancient Greeks were watching presented
A national memory/history AND images of universal significance
Soon
A synonym for "anon" is...
At the very end of the book Mersault
Accepts death and the indifference of the universe while simultaneously rebelling against it and is happy
One way that Mersault deals with being imprisoned is
Actively remembers things in a meditative way
This person is known as the father of tragedy
Aeschylus
When the novel starts, Mersault lives in
Algiers
Mersault's boss is dismayed by Mersault's lack of
Ambition
Mersault is
An atheist
At the start of Act V, Jessica and Lorenzo switch off exchanging pleasantries with the phrase, "In such a night..." This phrase functions as
Anaphora
The mountains in Greece
Are mined for limestone and marble
The trees in Greece
Are scarce
Lancelet and his father both speak at once, interrupting each other, and neither gets to the point
As father and son speak to Bassanio, Bassanio becomes exasperated. What makes this scene with Gobbo, Lancelet, and Bassanio comical?
Mersault thinks that they (the executioners) will come for him
At dawn
Fertile river valleys characterize
Babylon and Egypt
"He started twirling his mustache, and then without looking at me, again he said, "I understand." He had nice pale blue eyes and a reddish complexion"
Caretaker
"It was the first time in my life that I ever wanted to kiss a man" is Mersault referring to
Celeste
Before prison, Mersault has a penchant for
Chocolate, cigarettes, coffee
A private citizen who funds rich costumes and the training of the chorus ("enlightened taxation")
Choregos
The "Trojan Walls" and "Grecian tents / Where Cressid lay that night" are examples of
Classical allusion
Mersault admits to offering the care taker a cigarette, while the caretaker admits (during the trial) to offering Mersault,
Coffee
The Fernandez film that Mersault watches with Marie the day after his mother's funeral was a
Comedy
Mersault wants to be welcomed by this at his death
Cries of hate
Central concerns in plays of Ancient Greece include
Destiny and divine dispensation, the human situation, the fate of the hero, AND the fate of the city
Greek city-states have their own
Dialect, government, laws AND traditions
Lyric hymn sung and danced by a chorus of 50 people
Dithyramb
This literary device is basically invented by Sophocles
Dramatic irony
This character and Mersault chase a truck, hop on the back, and this character laughs so hard he could hardly breathe
Emmanuel
Around line 208, Bassanio and Portia go back and forth in a verbal exchange where many of the lines end with the words "the ring." This type of parallel structure is called
Epistrophe
This playwright made characters more realistic and represented people as they are (not as what they should be)
Euripides
The Stranger is often mislabeled as being based on this philosophy
Existentialism
Dido and Aeneas along with Troilus and Cressida exemplify loyal couples (True or false)
False
Mersault travels to the funeral of his mother by way of
Foot
According to Camus and Mersault, one way to rebel against the indifference of the universe is to
Have friends
In his own words, Camus says that Mersault is afflicted with the madness of sincerity. This means
He persistently refuses to be sure of no feelings; he is fascinated with the authenticity of what one is and feels and how that lines up with what one says
In the end, according to his narration, Mersault feels like,
He understands his mother better
Mersault constructs his world through his this and it often overtakes his feelings
His sight, his sense of smell, his tactical sense (touch)
A boat
In the "scarféd bark puts from her native bay," "bark" most closely means...
She will carry the torch and she will convert to the light of Christianity
In what two senses many we take Lorenzo's comment that tonight Jessica will be his torchbearer at the masque?
Sisyphus
Is damned for eternity to roll a bolder up a hill and when he reaches the top, it rolls back down; tricks death (Hades) into handcuffing himself inside a closet in Sisyphus house; it is written about by Albert Camus
Mersault hates the idea of the guillotine because
It leaves no room for hope
This character admits to never being "merry" upon hearing sweet music
Jessica
Raymond may be described as
Macho
This character "used to spend her time following me with her eyes, not saying a thing"
Maman
"A former typist in our office whom I had a thing for at the time"
Marie
He was a big guy, very tall and broad-shouldered with a plump, sweet little wife with a Parisian accent
Masson
So I just shut up, smoked a cigarette and looked at the sea
Mersault
Mersault's nickname during the trial is
Monsieur Antichrist
-externals -literal wealth -"ornament"
Morocco chooses the gold casket symbolizing...(3 things)
This was turned into soap and fuel for clay lanterns by the Greeks
Olive oil
