Good day, Please see questions attached for Literature assignment: Chaereas and Callirhoe Please write answer in sentences.

LEHMAN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LIETERATURES

LEH352 – The Ancient Romance

Fall 2020

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Chaereas and Callirhoe

ID Quiz I

1. Who wrote Chaereas and Callirhoe?

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1. What are the names of his hometown and region of origin?

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1. In what locale does the novel open (city and name of island)?

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1. The heroine has a ‘speaking’ name. What does it mean?

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1. What event brought Callirhoe out in public for the first time?

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1. Who is the ringleader of the suitors who succeed in destroying the wedded bliss of Chaereas and Callirhoe?

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1. What does Chaereas do to Callirhoe that causes her to fall over as if dead?

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1. What according to our narrator causes Callirhoe to breathe again?

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1. What is the name of the pirate who, together with his accomplices, kidnaps Callirhoe from her tomb?

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1. Callirhoe is next sold as a slave. Where (city and region) and by whom is she bought?

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1. With the help of Plangon, Callirhoe discovers something about herself. What is it?

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1. Why does she decide to marry the besotted Dionysius?

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1. What is the manner of death of the pirate Theron?

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1. Chaereas sets out across the sea a second time to find Callirhoe. In what region does he land? What happens to his ship and crew? What is the fate of Chaereas and Polycharmus in Caria?

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1. Why does Callirhoe think Chaereas is dead?

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1. Who does Callirhoe blame for Chaereas’ death?

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1. What event led to Chaereas and Polycharmus almost being crucified?

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1. How many letters are written to Callirhoe? What are the names of their authors?

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1. Whose help does Dionysius enlist to discredit Mithridates?

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1. Who decides to organize a trial to settle the matter of Mithridates’ alleged misdeeds?

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