Quiz # 1 Study Guide

Quizzes will feature objective questions dealing with authors and texts, names, dates, contents, contexts, history, and literary terminology.

By knowing the following you will be able to earn at least 80% (B grade) of the quiz score ( the remaining 20% of the quiz will include questions drawn from the web outlines, readings, and lectures):

authors' names and dates of activity

texts' titles and relevant dates of composition/writing

the main actions or situations described in the texts read, including the names of major characters

names of the cultures and geographical areas associated with the authors/texts read

at least one important cultural characteristic or accomplishment for each of the cultures associated with the texts read

at least one historical event or figure (with dates) relevant to the cultures associated with the texts read

accurate definitions of the following terms:

rhetoric

ideology

symbol

overdetermination

interpretation

epic

hubris

dactylic hexameter