When the title character of Don Quixote declares to his sidekick servant that he intends to fight the “giants” spied in the distance, but Sancho Panza insists these are only windmills, he replies: "One may easily see that you are not versed in the
business of adventures: they are giants; and, if you are afraid, get aside and pray, whilst I engage with them in a fierce and unequal combat." What literary tradition is being satirized in this passage?
a) chivalric romance
b) revenge tragedy
c) morality play
d) miracle play
Answer: a
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a. David b. Delacroix c. Baudelaire d. Monet
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A. Diagonal grouping B. Pyramidal grouping C. Circular form D. Foreground line
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a) The dictator Pisistratos suppressed democracy but rewarded individual speech by declaring the complaining farmer free of taxes. b) The farmer earned tax-free status after election to the Council of Five Hundred by voting against the 10 percent tax imposed by Pisistratos. c) The farmer gained voting rights by owning land, but could not produce a crop from the stony ground, and therefore earned no taxable income. d) Under Pisistratos’ rule, farmers gained voting rights and seats on the governing Council, but had to forfeit 10 percent of what they produced to pay for those rights; therefore, the farmer too poor to pay cannot vote, but is “tax-free”.
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a. It allowed for a greater breadth and more open space than any previous dome. b. It allowed for the use of wooden scaffolding during construction. c. It allowed for heavier, but more magnificent, building materials. d. It allowed for a greater height than any previous dome.