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Expansion of the Ottoman Empire across _?_ brought with it, the practice of Islam. A) Persia  B) North Africa  C) Central Africa  D) Indonesia   

A poem that is written without lines organized into the regularity of meter and lacks a rhyming pattern is called _________.

____ After the end of the war, the fortunes of countries like England continued to rise, while the fortunes of the Kingdom of _?_, continued to decline. A) Spain B) Austria C) Prussia D) Russia

A story that sets up the occasion for the telling of another story or series of stories is called _______.

The set of Endgame contains __________.

The “seeing place” where the audience sat in Ancient Greek theater is called ___.

Choose one of the two poems and write an explication in which you do a close reading of the poem. Be sure to indicate the poem’s form and point out the conventions (rhyme, meter, etc.) of the form found within the poem (where appropriate). Be sure to indicate the overall meaning of the poem. (Your essay should be around 300-500 words.)   Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;But you shall shine more bright in these contentsThan unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time.When wasteful war shall statues overturn,And broils root out the work of masonry,Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory.’Gainst death and all-oblivious enmityShall you pace forth; your praise shall still find roomEven in the eyes of all posterityThat wear this world out to the ending doom.So, till the judgment that yourself arise,You live in this, and dwell in lover’s eyes. –William Shakespeare   Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.   We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility –   We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun –   Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle –   We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground –   Since then – ’tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses’ Heads Were toward Eternity – –Emily Dickinson

The first Western novel is ___

What does the village curate do with Don Quixote’s books when he returns from his adventures?

When his sister comes in to clean Gregor’s room, he hides ______.