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Which thinker theorized that infant males feel a desire to kill their own fathers and sleep with their own mothers?

In 5th century Athens, when were dramas performed?

Match each term to its best definition: 

What does the narrator of “A Cask of Amontillado” say that he wants in the exposition? 

Match each poem with its best description. Choices may be used once, more than once, or not at all. 

Consider the sonnet below and match each part to the corresponding line: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Match the terms to their definitions (Hint: terms and definitions come from both the Study Guide and the textbook)

Consider the following poem:    What cannot praise effect in mighty minds, When flattery soothes, and when ambition blinds! Desire of pow’r, on earth a vicious weed, Yet, sprung from high, is of celestial seed: In God ’tis glory: And when men aspire, ‘Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.   Which formal term best fits this excerpt?

This word for group of lines in a poem also means “room” in Italian. 

Consider the following poem: I paid the hard logistic my respects,Unfurled my indiscretion like a flag,It’s something that the system least expects –Watch its triumphant smile begin to sag. But cutting loose is not a guarantee(And what in this world is, I’d like to know)It’s not the way to make one truly free;In fact, it’s laced with certain types of fear.  I wish I were on land, argosy;The wind has had its places, had its times,So has the ocean’s strident melody–I’m tired of yelling answers in these rhymes. Yet maybe learning this strange, rolling walkWill make my feet more certain on the dock.Which of the following formal terms best describes this poem?