Word Literature Quiz

Word Literature Review Sheet

for quiz on Monday, December 18 Mr. McMillan English I

Quiz will consist of three parts:

1. Short answers

One-sentence responses to key terms and idea (see lists below)

2. Quotation analysis

Identify, give context of, and explain significance of passages

3. Reading Comprehension

Questions on a new text by a familiar author from packets

Review reading questions from handouts as well as class notes and underlinings!

Chinese Lit

Confucius

Lao-Tzu

Amy Tan “The Rules of the Game” and “Fish Cheeks”

Li Po

Tu Fu

· Compare Confucianism to Taoism

· Describe yin and yang

· How can one reconcile paradoxes?

· What is an analect?

· What is a maxim?

· Why is water an appropriate symbol in Taoist poetry?

Latino Literature

Don Quixote

· Chivalry

· Quixotic

· Parody

Garcia Lorca

· Modernism in poetry and painting

Mistral

· Lyric, dramatic and narrative poetry

Garcia Marquez

· Blend of Reality and fantasy

Neruda’s Odes

Islamic Lit

· 5 pillars of Islam

· literal meanings of Islam, Allah, Koran

Surahs from the Koran

Sinbad the Sailor – ties to Koran and Odyssey

Rumi “Unmarked Boxes” – extra credit