LITERATURE QUIZ 1

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LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 12:43 am

1. What 1st century BC poet and author of "The Aeneid" serves as a guide in Dante's "Inferno"?
VIRGIL
2. What 2nd century AD theologian wrote a work entitled "Against the Heresies," which was aimed at Gnosticism?
IRENAEUS
3. What Hindu epic and literary masterpiece was completed by the 3rd century AD?
THE MAHABHARATA
4. What canon of religious literature was finally, firmly fixed at the end of the 4th century AD?
THE NEW TESTAMENT
5. What 5th century BC Greek dramatist authored "Alcestis" and "Andromache"?
EURIPIDES
6. What language has written literature first dating from about the 6th century AD?
IRISH
7. What 7th century BC Greek poet may have been the first to write choral lyrics in the strophic form?
ALLMAN
8. What 8th century AD monk preserved for us "Caedmon's Hymn," which may be the oldest poem written in English?
VENERABLE BEDE
9. What 9th century AD English King translated many works of literature into Old English and West Saxon, including "St Augustine's Soliloquies"?
ALFRED THE GREAT
10. What Old English epic, preserved in a late 10th century AD manuscript, takes place largely in a mead hall called Herot?
BEOWULF
11. What Jewish king, who reigned during the 11th century BC, is credited with writing many of the Psalms?
DAVID
12. This 12th century AD Anglo-Norman work, written for Eleanor of Aquitaine, was penned by Marie de France.
ROMANCE OF ENEAS
13. The following lines are here translated into English by Coleman Barks: "And my heart, I'd say it was more / like a donkey sunk in a mudhole, / struggling and miring deeper. / But listen to me: for one moment, / quit being sad. Hear blessings / dropping their blossoms / around you. / God." What 13th century AD mystical poet originally penned these lines?
RUMI
14. What 14th century AD morality play contains the allegorical characters Gluttony, Envy, Meekness, and Conscience?
THE VISION OD PIERS PLOWMAN
15. What 15th century AD author's work, which tells of the war between Arthur and Lancelot, begins, "In May when every lusty heart floursheth...."?
SIR THOMAS MALOGY
16. What 16th century AD playwright introduced blank verse to the stage with "Tamburlaine"?
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
17. What early 17th century AD poet and playwright included in one of his last plays these lines: "Now my charms are all o'erthrown / And what strength I have's mine own / Which is most faint..."?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
18. What 18th century AD poet, in his vindication of God, writes, "Cease then, nor ORDER Imperfection name: / Our proper bliss depends on what we blame"?
ALEXANDER POPE
19. What 19th century AD English satirist wrote a novel that Virginia Woolf described as "one of the few written for grownups"?
GEORGE ELLIOT
20. What 20th century AD American writer has penned both an apology for Judaism and a famous tale involving a Naval court martial?
HERMAN WOUK
21. Even in the 21st century AD, the historical novel has wide appeal. Who has written a series of novels set during the Napoleanic wars, featuring a rough but honorable soldier by the name of Richard Sharpe?
BERNARD CORNWELL
22. Some scholars date the building of the Tower of Babel in the 22nd century BC. In what work of religious literature do we first learn of the Tower of Babel?
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
23. In the 23rd century BC, Sargon of Akkad conquered Mesopotamia, and became the subject of legends. It is from a Sumerian legend that we learn how Sargon established himself as the cupbearer of the king of Kish in Sumer. What early form of writing did the Sumerians invent?
CUNEIFORM
24. I don't have anything for the 24th century, either BC or AD. But we haven't covered the first century AD yet. What historian wrote "The Jewish War" during that time?
JOSEPHUS
25. We haven't covered the 8th century BC, either. So tell me, what blind bard's epics were probably recorded during this time?
HOMER
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby JAS » Thu May 01, 2008 12:51 am

Q1 Great book...Inferno :D ...Virgil was the guide

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby JAS » Thu May 01, 2008 1:00 am

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Q6 Sumerian (in Mesopotamia)...I'm thinking of The Gilgamesh Epic etc.

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 1:03 am

JAS wrote:Q1 Great book...Inferno :D ...Virgil was the guide

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 1:04 am

JAS wrote:Are you trying to NOT reach 10,000 posts by marking within our own posts :shock: :? :wink:

Q6 Sumerian (in Mesopotamia)...I'm thinking of The Gilgamesh Epic etc.

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby JAS » Thu May 01, 2008 1:35 am

Q25 Homer...not Simpson haha

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 1:42 am

JAS wrote:Q25 Homer...not Simpson haha

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby Turkeywizz » Thu May 01, 2008 11:00 am

3 Mahabarata
6 Latin
10 canterbury tales
16 Marlowe
17 Shakespeare
19 Wilde
21 Wolfe
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 12:32 pm

Roman wrote:3 Mahabarata
6 Latin INCORRECT
10 canterbury talesINCORRECT
16 Marlowe
17 Shakespeare
19 Wilde INCORRECT
21 Wolfe INCORRECT

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby Kahuna » Thu May 01, 2008 7:03 pm

8/ The Venerable Bede
20/ Leon Uris
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 7:17 pm

Kahuna wrote:8/ The Venerable Bede CORRECT
20/ Leon Uris.........................INCORRECT
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby JAS » Thu May 01, 2008 8:23 pm

Q9 Trying to remember basic monarch list from school :? :shock: ...start with Alfred the Great and work forward from there I think.
Q10 Beowulf...in my copy there's a Heorot Hall so assume they're the same.
Q11 I think the only ones I know of would be Solomon or David.
Q15 I think it must be Mort D'Arthur (sp) but can't remember who wrote it...wasn't Chretien De Troy...bugger...need more time on this one.
Q20 Was there a film of the Naval one...I'm thinking Caine mutiny but no idea of the author.
Q23 Cuniform

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby Kahuna » Thu May 01, 2008 8:57 pm

JAS wrote:Q20 Was there a film of the Naval one...I'm thinking Caine mutiny but no idea of the author.

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An AHA! moment, thanks Jas!

20/ Hermann Wouk
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby JAS » Thu May 01, 2008 9:21 pm

Kahuna wrote:
JAS wrote:Q20 Was there a film of the Naval one...I'm thinking Caine mutiny but no idea of the author.

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An AHA! moment, thanks Jas!

20/ Hermann Wouk


:D you're welcome...if correct...I'd never have got that

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 9:25 pm

JAS wrote:Q9 Trying to remember basic monarch list from school :? :shock: ...start with Alfred the Great and work forward from there I think.
Q10 Beowulf...in my copy there's a Heorot Hall so assume they're the same.
Q11 I think the only ones I know of would be Solomon or David.
Q15 I think it must be Mort D'Arthur (sp) but can't remember who wrote it...wasn't Chretien De Troy...bugger...need more time on this one.
Q20 Was there a film of the Naval one...I'm thinking Caine mutiny but no idea of the author.
Q23 Cuniform

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu May 01, 2008 9:26 pm

Kahuna wrote:
JAS wrote:Q20 Was there a film of the Naval one...I'm thinking Caine mutiny but no idea of the author.

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An AHA! moment, thanks Jas!

20/ Hermann Wouk

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri May 02, 2008 1:04 pm

not bad for a new category 8)
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 1

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon May 05, 2008 6:41 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1. What 1st century BC poet and author of "The Aeneid" serves as a guide in Dante's "Inferno"?
VIRGIL
2. What 2nd century AD theologian wrote a work entitled "Against the Heresies," which was aimed at Gnosticism?
IRENAEUS
3. What Hindu epic and literary masterpiece was completed by the 3rd century AD?
THE MAHABHARATA
4. What canon of religious literature was finally, firmly fixed at the end of the 4th century AD?
THE NEW TESTAMENT
5. What 5th century BC Greek dramatist authored "Alcestis" and "Andromache"?
EURIPIDES
6. What language has written literature first dating from about the 6th century AD?
IRISH
7. What 7th century BC Greek poet may have been the first to write choral lyrics in the strophic form?
ALLMAN
8. What 8th century AD monk preserved for us "Caedmon's Hymn," which may be the oldest poem written in English?
VENERABLE BEDE
9. What 9th century AD English King translated many works of literature into Old English and West Saxon, including "St Augustine's Soliloquies"?
ALFRED THE GREAT
10. What Old English epic, preserved in a late 10th century AD manuscript, takes place largely in a mead hall called Herot?
BEOWULF
11. What Jewish king, who reigned during the 11th century BC, is credited with writing many of the Psalms?
DAVID
12. This 12th century AD Anglo-Norman work, written for Eleanor of Aquitaine, was penned by Marie de France.
ROMANCE OF ENEAS
13. The following lines are here translated into English by Coleman Barks: "And my heart, I'd say it was more / like a donkey sunk in a mudhole, / struggling and miring deeper. / But listen to me: for one moment, / quit being sad. Hear blessings / dropping their blossoms / around you. / God." What 13th century AD mystical poet originally penned these lines?
RUMI
14. What 14th century AD morality play contains the allegorical characters Gluttony, Envy, Meekness, and Conscience?
THE VISION OD PIERS PLOWMAN
15. What 15th century AD author's work, which tells of the war between Arthur and Lancelot, begins, "In May when every lusty heart floursheth...."?
SIR THOMAS MALOGY
16. What 16th century AD playwright introduced blank verse to the stage with "Tamburlaine"?
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
17. What early 17th century AD poet and playwright included in one of his last plays these lines: "Now my charms are all o'erthrown / And what strength I have's mine own / Which is most faint..."?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
18. What 18th century AD poet, in his vindication of God, writes, "Cease then, nor ORDER Imperfection name: / Our proper bliss depends on what we blame"?
ALEXANDER POPE
19. What 19th century AD English satirist wrote a novel that Virginia Woolf described as "one of the few written for grownups"?
GEORGE ELLIOT
20. What 20th century AD American writer has penned both an apology for Judaism and a famous tale involving a Naval court martial?
HERMAN WOUK
21. Even in the 21st century AD, the historical novel has wide appeal. Who has written a series of novels set during the Napoleanic wars, featuring a rough but honorable soldier by the name of Richard Sharpe?
BERNARD CORNWELL
22. Some scholars date the building of the Tower of Babel in the 22nd century BC. In what work of religious literature do we first learn of the Tower of Babel?
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
23. In the 23rd century BC, Sargon of Akkad conquered Mesopotamia, and became the subject of legends. It is from a Sumerian legend that we learn how Sargon established himself as the cupbearer of the king of Kish in Sumer. What early form of writing did the Sumerians invent?
CUNEIFORM
24. I don't have anything for the 24th century, either BC or AD. But we haven't covered the first century AD yet. What historian wrote "The Jewish War" during that time?
JOSEPHUS
25. We haven't covered the 8th century BC, either. So tell me, what blind bard's epics were probably recorded during this time?
HOMER


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QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

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