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
Instructor: Mark Murphy
Name: ________________________
Chaereas and Callirhoe
ID Quiz I
Who wrote Chaereas and Callirhoe?
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What are the names of his hometown and region of origin?
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In what locale does the novel open (city and name of island)?
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The heroine has a ‘speaking’ name. What does it mean?
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What event brought Callirhoe out in public for the first time?
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Who is the ringleader of the suitors who succeed in destroying the wedded bliss of Chaereas and Callirhoe?
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What does Chaereas do to Callirhoe that causes her to fall over as if dead?
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What according to our narrator causes Callirhoe to breathe again?
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What is the name of the pirate who, together with his accomplices, kidnaps Callirhoe from her tomb?
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Callirhoe is next sold as a slave. Where (city and region) and by whom is she bought?
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With the help of Plangon, Callirhoe discovers something about herself. What is it?
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Why does she decide to marry the besotted Dionysius?
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What is the manner of death of the pirate Theron?
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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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Why does Callirhoe think Chaereas is dead?
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Who does Callirhoe blame for Chaereas’ death?
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What event led to Chaereas and Polycharmus almost being crucified?
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How many letters are written to Callirhoe? What are the names of their authors?
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Whose help does Dionysius enlist to discredit Mithridates?
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Who decides to organize a trial to settle the matter of Mithridates’ alleged misdeeds?
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