Plum Dog's Final Exam Flashcards
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There's Iliad stuff and The good Earth Stuff.
I left out ASP and poetry analysis.
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| 182003886 | Thetis | mother of achilles; Thetis gets Zeus to help the Trojans and punish the Achaeans at the request of her angry son. When Achilles finally rejoins the battle, she commissions Hephaestus to design him a new suit of armor. | 0 | |
| 182003887 | Andromache | Wife of Hector; Andromache begs Hector to withdraw from the war and save himself before the Achaeans kill him. TROJAN | 1 | |
| 182003888 | Briseis | Achilles wept when he had to give back this gift; When Agamemnon is forced to return Chryseis to her father, he appropriates Briseis as compensation, sparking Achilles' great rage. TROJAN | 2 | |
| 182003889 | Odysseus | Patient and Practical yet a fierce Greek warrior; helps mediate between Agamemnon and Achilles during their quarrel and often prevents them from making rash decisions. GREEK | 3 | |
| 182003890 | Agamemnon | Took his gift back like a total doucher;King of Mycenae and leader of the Achaean army; brother of King Menelaus of Sparta. Arrogant and often selfish, Agamemnon provides the Achaeans with strong but sometimes reckless and self-serving leadership. Like Achilles, he lacks consideration and forethought. GREEK | 4 | |
| 182003891 | Achilles | Asked his mother to set Zeus against the Greeks; The son of the military man Peleus and the sea-nymph Thetis. The most powerful warrior in The Iliad, Achilles commands the Myrmidons, soldiers from his homeland of Phthia in Greece. Proud and headstrong, he takes offense easily and reacts with blistering indignation when he perceives that his honor has been slighted. Achilles' wrath at Agamemnon for taking his war prize, the maiden Briseis, forms the main subject of The Iliad. GREEK | 5 | |
| 182003892 | Priam | Retrieved the body of Hector; King of Troy and husband of Hecuba, father of Hector and Paris Though too old to fight, he has earned the respect of both the Trojans and the Achaeans by virtue of his level-headed, wise, and benevolent rule. TROJAN | 6 | |
| 182003893 | Zeus | ruler of the Gods; husband of Hera, Zeus claims neutrality in the mortals' conflict and often tries to keep the other gods from participating in it. However, he throws his weight behind the Trojan side for much of the battle after the sulking Achilles has his mother, Thetis, ask the god to do so. "NEUTRAL" | 7 | |
| 182003894 | Diomedes | Mortal who wounded two gods in battle; GREEK | 8 | |
| 182003895 | Patroclos | wears Achilles' armor to inspire the Greeks in battle;Achilles' beloved friend, companion, and advisor, Devoted to both Achilles and the Achaean cause GREEK | 9 | |
| 182003896 | Helen | the face that launched a thousand ships; Reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the ancient world, Helen left her husband, Menelaus, to run away with Paris. She loathes herself now for the misery that she has caused so many Trojan and Achaean men. TROJAN | 10 | |
| 182003897 | Aineias | destined to become the King of Troy; TROJAN.. duh. | 11 | |
| 182003898 | Menelaos | Accepts Paris's challenge to a duel; King of Sparta; the younger brother of Agamemnon. While it is the abduction of his wife, Helen, by the Trojan prince Paris that sparks the Trojan War, Menelaus proves quieter, less imposing, and less arrogant than Agamemnon. GREEK | 12 | |
| 182003899 | Hector | wears Achilles' armor to insult the Greeks; A son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, Hector is the mightiest warrior in the Trojan army. He mirrors Achilles in some of his flaws, but his bloodlust is not so great as that of Achilles. He is devoted to his wife, Andromache, and son, Astyanax, but resents his brother Paris for bringing war upon their family and city. TROJAN | 13 | |
| 182003900 | Polydamus | advisor to the Trojan leader; A young Trojan commander, Polydamas sometimes figures as a foil for Hector, proving cool-headed and prudent when Hector charges ahead. Polydamas gives the Trojans sound advice, but Hector seldom acts on it. TROJAN | 14 | |
| 182003901 | Poseidon disobeys Zeus by | rallying the Greeks to fight. | 15 | |
| 182003902 | The following Gods were allied with the Trojans | Aphrodite, Apollo, and Ares | 16 | |
| 182003903 | Xanthos is angered because: | Achilles polltes the river with the blood of Trojans | 17 | |
| 182003904 | As a result of Hera's trickery, | Zeus falls asleep. | 18 | |
| 182003905 | Hector fought the Greeks for Patroclos's body because | he wanted to defile and ruin it. | 19 | |
| 182003906 | Thetis went to Hephaistos for help and asked him | for a new set of battle gear for Achilles | 20 | |
| 182003907 | The main character of the Iliad is | Achilles. | 21 | |
| 182003908 | Who presided over games to honor Patroclos? | Achilles. | 22 | |
| 182003909 | Athena tricked Hector into fighting Achilles by: | pretending to be Hector's brother, tellign him they would stand together against Achilles. | 23 | |
| 182003910 | "Why are you chasing one Achilles?" Apollo said " mortal man chasing immortal god? You never knew that I was a god. What does this show? | Achilles' inability to control his emotions | 24 | |
| 182003911 | Hera | FOR GREEKS | 25 | |
| 182003912 | Athena | FOR GREEKS | 26 | |
| 182003913 | Apollo | FOR TROJANS | 27 | |
| 182003914 | Aphrodite | FOR TROJANS | 28 | |
| 182003915 | Poseidon | FOR GREEKS | 29 | |
| 182003916 | Hephaestus | kind of (he helps Achilles get soem armor) soo.. FOR GREEKS | 30 | |
| 182003917 | Artemis | FOR TROJANS | 31 | |
| 182003918 | Ares | FOR TROJANS | 32 | |
| 182003919 | youngest son | rebellious; leaves home to join the army | 33 | |
| 182003920 | Old Lord of House of Hwang | decadent; addicted to concubines | 34 | |
| 182003921 | Lotus | seductive; becomes mistress | 35 | |
| 182003922 | Uncle | lazy; brutal red beard. | 36 | |
| 182003923 | second son | conservative | 37 | |
| 182003924 | Wang Lung | rises from rags to riches | 38 | |
| 182003925 | second son's wife | hearty village maid; stout and robust | 39 | |
| 182003926 | Cuckoo | former HOUSE slave | 40 | |
| 182003927 | Olan | faithful, submissive; former KITCHEN slave | 41 | |
| 182003928 | Ching | faithful steward for Wang Lung | 42 | |
| 182003929 | Pear Blossom | delicate slave purchased by Wang Lung | 43 | |
| 182003930 | eldest son's wife | haughty, dainty, city wife | 44 | |
| 182003931 | eldest son | intellectual son | 45 | |
| 182003932 | Old Mistress of House of Hwang | shriveled; addicted to Opium | 46 | |
| 182038979 | Why did Wang Lung's father tell wang Lung not to marry a pretty slave from the House of Hwang? | It is unlikely that a pretty slave would be a virgin and a pretty woman would want more things than a poor farmer could afford. | 47 | |
| 182038980 | What disappointed Wang Lung about Olan the most? | Her feet were unbound. | 48 | |
| 182038981 | Waht did Wang Lung and Olan do on teh way home? | light incense for the gods. | 49 | |
| 182038982 | Where did Wang Lung hide his money during the first year? | In the Earthen wall | 50 | |
| 182038983 | What does wang Lung see when he arrives at the city? | an abundance of food for the rich. | 51 | |
| 182038984 | Whodo the poor direct their discontent at? | the rich on the other side of the wall | 52 | |
| 182038985 | What is Olan willing to sell to return tto the land? | a daughter | 53 | |
| 182038986 | waht does Wang Lung sdo when he sees Ching again? | He gives him seed and ploughs his land. | 54 | |
| 182038987 | Who is the first to say out loud that Wang Lung is in love with another woman? | Uncle's wife | 55 | |
| 182038988 | Who finds a wife for Wang Lung's second son? | Ching | 56 | |
| 182038989 | After Wang Lung is macking down with Pear Blossom, what does Lotus demand? | rubies and a foreign clock. | 57 | |
| 182038990 | How does Olan's visit to the House of Hwang with her first born son turn out ? | To be a triumphant moment for her. | 58 |