Friday, February 15, 2013

The Coming of War: Acteon Questions


11)     “harsher than granite” describes  what?
A.     The fields
B.  The river Lethe
C.     A sea
D.    Acteon himself
E.     The ancient people

22)      “Acteon of golden greaves!/ Over fair meadows,/ over the cool face of that field” this line references what?
A. The coward that Acteon represents as he flees from danger
B. The ancient hero of Acteon and his bravery in the face of defeat
C. The inability for any man to stand up against a god.
D. How the ancient people are braver than their modern counterparts
E. How war destroys all that is in it’s path



33)     “An Image of Lethe” brings to mind all except?
A.     Happiness
B.     Death
C.     Oblivion
D.    Hard times
E.     The destruction of the world we know

44)     Within the poem Acteon represents what?
A.    The death of innocence that is caused by the violent nature of war.

B.     Both the coward and the hero within
C.     A rallying cry of the people
D.    A statue of old
E.     A host of ancients


55)     In the Poem  the final line “the silent corte’ge” refers to what?
I Those who have lost innocence
II  The past and how humanity continually looks to it for guidance
III  The inability for humanity to stand up for what is right.

A I 
B II,I
C II
D III,I
E I,II, III


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