Lit. Facts I Lit. Facts II Authors Characters Quotations
100
Who is John Huss?
This zealous Bohemian was burned at the stake for faith.
100
Who is Julius Caesar?
This man reformed the calendar to make special events fall within the right seasons.
100
Who is Dante?
This man wrote the Divine Comedy.
100
Who is Icarus?
This character flew too closely to the sun and drowned in the sea.
100
Who is Nicodemus?
This man said, “Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”
200
What is faith?
Martin Luther believed in justification by this.
200
What is a spectre (ghost)?
This supposedly apppeared to Brutus as he prepared to take his army to battle.
200
Who is Virgil?
This man wrote the Aeneid.
200
Who is Aeneas?
This character narrates “The Wooden Horse.”
200
Who is Caesar?
This man said, “I am not much afraid of these fat, longhaired fellows, but more of those pale lean ones.”
300
What is 23?
According to Plutarch, Caesar received this many stab wounds.
300
Who is Sinon?
This man unlocked the wooden horse.
300
Who is Ovid?
This man wrote Metamorphoses.
300
Who is Virgil?
This character symbolizes human reason, and guides Dante through hell.
300
Who is Martin Luther?
This man said, “One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.”
400
Who is Casca?
This man stabbed Caesar first.
400
What is Epicureanism?
This philosophy emphasizes sensual pleasure and materialism.
400
Who is Plutarch?
This man wrote Lives (from which “Julius Caesar” is taken).
400
Who is Calpurnia?
This character dreams of Romans washing their hands in Caesar’s blood.
400
Who is John Wycliffe?
This man said, “Faith or belief is as a stone lying in the foundation of a strong building, that bearers up all the work.”
500
What is Cynicism?
This philosophy stresses independence from worldly needs and pleasures.
500
What is Stoicism?
This philosophy emphasizes reason and indifference to emotion.
500
Who is Tacitus?
This man wrote about Nero’s persecution of Christians.
500
Who is Pyramus?
This character mistakingly assumes that his lover was eaten by a lioness.
500
Who is Laocoon?
This man said, “Citizens, are you all stark mad? Do you really believe our foes are gone? Do you imagine any Greek gift is guileless?”






World Literature: Units 13–15

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