Name Date Period Honors 10 th Grade World Literature and Composition Unit 2 Exam Study Guide INSTRUCTIONS: In order to help you prepare for your second unit exam on Greek and Shakespearean tragedies complete this study guide. Use your notes, classroom assignments, textbook, etc., to find the information that you need. Be sure to actually STUDY this study guide prior to the exam. Part One: Greek Tragedies 1. Define tragedy: 6. Explain the function of the Chorus and Choragos: 7. Explain why actors wore masks in the Greek theatre: 2. Explain each of Aristotle s Three Unities: Unity of Place: Part Two: Oedipus Rex 8. In a few sentences, identify and describe Oedipus: Unity of Time: 9. In a few sentences, identify and describe Creon: Unity of Action: 10. In a few sentences, identify and describe Jocasta: 3. List Aristotle s Six Elements of Tragedy, and circle which two are the most important: 11. In a few sentences, identify and describe Teiresias: 1. 2. 3. 4. 12. Identify King Laius: 5. 6. 4. Explain the five characteristics of a tragic hero: Birth: 13. Explain the suffering happening in Thebes at the start of the play: Hamartia: 14. Explain what the supposed cure is for Thebes s suffering: Peripetia: Downfall: 15. Explain Oedipus s reputation among the people of Thebes at the beginning of the play: Gains: 16. Define dramatic irony: Transformation: 5. Explain the idea of catharsis: Explain the dramatic irony apparent throughout the entirety of the play:
17. Explain why it is ironic that Teiresias is a blind prophet: 18. Explain why Oedipus turns against Teiresias and Creon: 27. Explain how each of the following themes appear throughout Oedipus Rex: Action vs. Reaction Fate vs. Freewill 19. Define stichomythia: Sight vs. Blindness Explain how Sophocles utilizes stichomythia during Oedipus s confrontations with Teiresias and Creon: Part Three: Antigone 28. In a few sentences, identify and describe Antigone, including where her loyalties lie: 20. Define foreshadowing: Provide an example of foreshadowing: 29. In a few sentences, identify and describe Ismene, including where her loyalties lie: 21. Explain the significance of the news the Messenger from Corinth brings in Scene 3: 30. In a few sentences, identify and describe Creon, including where his loyalties lie: 22. Explain the significance of Oedipus s interrogation of the Shepherd in Scene 4: 31. In a few sentences, identify and describe Haimon, including where his loyalties lie: 23. Explain the circumstances of Jocasta s death: 24. Explain Oedipus s reaction to learning the truth and Jocasta s subsequent death: 32. In a few sentences, identify and describe Eurydice, including where her loyalties lie: 33. Explain the function of Teiresias in the play: 25. Explain how Oedipus is a tragic hero: 34. Explain the events that happened prior to the start of play that lead to the events of Antigone: 26. Explain Oedipus s tragic flaw, including specific evidence 35. Explain Antigone s crime at the start of the play:
36. Explain Creon s reaction to Antigone s crime: 42. Define metaphor: 37. Explain Haimon s reaction to Creon s decision to execute Antigone for her crime: Provide an example of a metaphor: 38. Explain the circumstances surrounding the death of each of the following characters: 43. Define personification: Antigone Provide an example of personification: Haimon 44. Define allusion: Eurydice Provide an example of an allusion: 39. Define alliteration: 45. Explain Antigone s tragic flaw, including specific evidence Provide an example of alliteration: 46. Explain Creon s tragic flaw, including specific evidence 40. Define paradox: Provide an example of a paradox: 47. Explain Creon s transformation, including specific evidence 41. Define simile: Provide an example of a simile:
Part Four: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar 48. In a few sentences, identify and describe Brutus: 58. Explain Caesar s last words: 49. In a few sentences, identify and describe Cassius: 59. Explain the events of Caesar s funeral: 50. In a few sentences, identify and describe Caesar: 60. Explain the political alliances that emerge after the assassination of Caesar: 51. In a few sentences, identify and describe Antony: 61. Explain the argument that takes place in Act IV: 52. In a few sentences, identity and describe Calpurnia: 62. Explain the supernatural event which takes place in Act IV: 53. In a few sentences, identify and describe Portia: 63. Explain the circumstances surrounding the deaths of each of the following characters: Cassius 54. In a few sentences, identify and describe Octavius: Titinius 55. Explain the reason for the celebration in Act I, as well as the events at the celebration: Brutus 56. Explain how Cassius convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy: 64. Explain Antony and Octavius s reactions to the death of Brutus: 57. Explain the three major clues that Caesar would soon die: 1. 65. Explain which events make up the crisis of the play: 2. 3. 66. Explain which events make up the climax of the play:
67. Define aside: 75. Define and explain ethos: Provide an example of an aside: Provide an example of ethos: 68. Define foreshadowing: 76. Define and explain pathos: Provide an example of pathos: Provide an example of foreshadowing: 69. Define monologue: 77. Explain how Antony employs logos, ethos, and pathos in his funeral speech in order to effectively persuade the Plebeians: Provide an example of a monologue: 78. Define foil: 70. Define pun: Explain how Brutus and Cassius are foils: Provide an example of a pun: Explain how Brutus and Antony are foils: 71. Define soliloquy: 79. Define theme: Provide an example of a soliloquy: Explain the theme of power corrupts over the course of the play: 72. Define dramatic irony: Provide an example of dramatic irony: Part Five: Informational Texts 80. Define author s purpose: 81. Define central idea: 73. Define conflict: 82. Define compare: Provide an example of conflict: 83. Define contrast: 74. Define and explain logos: 84. Define context: Provide an example of logos: 85. Define translation: