How does Tristan und Isolde end?
a) Tristan and Isolde elope under the cover of night
b) Tristan defeats King Mark in battle
c) Tristan and Isolde are united in death
d) Brangaene accidentally administers the death potion to Isolde
c
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What characterizes the “New Orleans sound”?
a) jazz improvisation b) blue yodels c) Afro-Cuban influences d) power chords
Orpheus is allowed to cross the River Styx and bring Eurydice back from the dead, but, ____________________
A) he has to jump in the river and die himself B) the serpent will be waiting to bite her again when they return C) she will not be the same person that he lost D) they will have to appear in episodes of the series "Lost" E) he cannot look back while leaving, or Eurydice will be gone forever
Which literary structure is a poem with emphasis on feelings as the subject matter?
A. organic narrative B. quest narrative C. the lyric D. episodic narrative