Review for Exam 1

Review Day for Exam 1 No Cheating 50 questions, worth 2 points each Generous curve 6 questions on definitions and Middle Ages 7 questions on Enlightenment and the 18th Century 5 give-away questions on discussions we never had The class could have discussed schools that are a.) elite The class could have discussed courtship customs in comparison to c.) in the USA in the year 2009 The class could have discussed why lots of students today would think Gene was cool, but he would secretly be b.) depressed The class could have discussed the advantages, if any, between the city and a.) the country E.C. Barksdale is d.) a cool and modest country gentleman 7 questions on Pushkin?s life 25 questions on EUGENE ONEGIN A long description of how Gene a.) gets ready to go out Gene tries to let Tanya down easily and in fact he a.) breaks only one courtship rule Tanya?s love letter to Gene contains clichés from b.) French romances Before he went to Lycee, he was a.) home-schooled Pushkin was exiled because he wrote against the Tsar and also c.) Atheism (it was illegal in Russia) One travelogue written in the Russian Middle Ages wrote about Russian a.) churches The Igor tale is almost unique in the Russian Middle Ages in that it uses b.) pagan elements The West is one of the few cultures to develop literature that is partly d.) secular The Neo-Classicists paid close attention to b.) the rules of good writing (the Greek and Romans) Tanya and her mother read romances that were written by b.) great writers (they?re French) Tanya?s nightmare has a bear who, as in Roman horror stories a.) carries a beautiful girl who has fainted Pushkin was always proud that his great-grandfather was an African c.) prince (but he was also a soldier) As to the details as why the Tsar releases Pushkin from exile, we c.) we will probably never know In Ancient and Medieval times in Russia, literature was seen as a form of b.) imitation Kantemir made fun of a.) ignorant country folk