10 CP English Study Guide for Mid Term Exam
STRUCTURE:
--60 Multiple Choice questions on
“Genesis”, The Divine Comedy, Petrarch, Boccaccio and “Federigo’s
Falcon”, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest
--5 T.E.X.T. paragraphs in which you demonstrate BOTH your mastery of the
T.E.X.T. format AND deep knowledge of the characters, themes, and ideas from
the literature we’ve studied.
CONTENT:
In order to be successful, you should fully know the following characters, plot
events, themes, and literary devices, etc.:
From “Genesis”: Adam
fruit
Eve
The Creator
The Serpent
forbidden
From Dante’s Inferno:
Allegory
Themes
The Dark Wood
the soul’s purpose and journey
Beatrice
Virgil
“Abandon all hope ye who enter here”
Dante’s background
Charon
Hell
The importance of the number three
“so drugged and loose with sleep”
the virtuous pagans
Canto III theme
the moral opportunists
Paolo and Francesca
How to view the souls in Inferno and why
and actions
the nature of sin
Upper Hell vs. Lower
Satan’s allegorical image, location,
Petrarch’s background
From Boccaccio’s “Federigo’s Falcon”:
The Decameron’s importance as a foundational text
Giovanna Monna’s son
Monna’s husband
Federigo
Monna
their motivations
From Shakespeare’s The Tempest:
Shakespeare’s dates and birthplace
symbolism of opening scene of play
Prospero’s background Miranda’s character
The importance of the test of virtue the epilogue
elements
The element of threatened violence
limitations of vengeance
exposition
Ariel Ferdinand
Caliban
allegorical
the importance of mercy and the