Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Exam Starts Now

So, it's that wonderful time of the year: the first test! I'm sure everyone is very excited. Here are the questions that we thought of during class that Sexson will develop the test from. Good luck everyone and Godspeed!

1. Hubris
2. Elusinian mysteries
a) what was done, seen, and said according to Sexson
-relationship between this and Homeric Hymns
3. 5 Steiner Conflicts (in order)
4. What is an epithet? (give example)
5. Which 2 characters exemplify Steiner's conflicts?
6. Stychomythia
7. Sparagmos
8. Define anthropocentric
9. Miasma
10. Antigone's view of politics, notion of a moving target, and meaning of Creon's name (intro)
11. Myth of the Eternal Return
12. Who is Hermes like? -Stewie
13. Thoreau said we should read the ___ instead of the ____.
14. Who is guilty of taking one above and tossing them below?
15. In illo tempore (define)
16. Which 2 mythologicl figures are polytropic?
17. Who are the 3 great tragedians?
18. Who is the god of the crossroads?
19. Define agon (conflict)
20. All that is ___ possesses the ___.
21. 2 best things that can happen according to the chorus in Antigone
22. Sarvam
23. What does Antigone's name mean?
24. What injury does infant Oedipus sustain?
25. Hermes response to demonstrate his innocence? (2 words)
26. What did Robert Johnson do at the crossroads?
27. Why do we laugh?
28. What's it mean to make something anagogic?
29. Senex

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