Matt50$D" 5 6Matt50"cbpbb?bb<TEXTMACA$ 5 6$Packet 50 1. It opens with the lines: The sun that brief December day // Rose cheerless over hills of gray, // And, darkly circled, gave at noon, // A sadder light than waning moon. It is dedicated to the memory of the household it describes, and is subtitled A Winter Idyl. An idealized portrait of his fathers Massachusetts farm during a blizzard, it was published in 1866. FTP, name this masterpiece of John Greenleaf Whittier. Answer: _Snow-Bound_ 2. One account says that she bore a son named Menelek, from whom the Abyssinians were descended. Her real name was Balkis. In first Kings chapter 10, she is said to have come with camels carryign spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones. FTP, name this woman whose real intent was to test with hard questions the King of Israel, Solomon. Answer: The _Queen of Sheba_ or Saba (accept Balkis on early buzz) 3. His first novel, _Where the Air is Clear_, depicts the class struggles and greed of a people who suffocated their revolutionary spirit. He portrayed Ambrose Bierces last days in Mexico in his 1985 novel _The Old Gringo_. FTP, name this Mexican author of _A Change of Skin_ and _The Death of Artemio Cruz_. Answer: Carlos _Fuentes_ 4. He was famous for painting his figures with expressive hands and slender figures, as seen in his 1629 Rinaldo and Armida. He painted the wife of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, as well as a full-length portrait of James I. He did etchings for his Iconographia, but is better known as a portraitist, painting such nobles as William, Prince of Orange, and Queen Henrietta Maria. FTP, name this painter most famous for his Portrait of Charles I Hunting. Answer: Sir Anthony _Van Dyck_ 5. He was an illegitimate child, and when his father died, he was imprisoned by his fathers widow, but he escaped in 715, and was proclaimed mayor of the palace by the Austrasians. He conquered Neustria, fought the Alamanni and the Bavarians, but his most famous victory came against Abd-ar-Rahman, the emir of Spain, whom he drvoe out of the Rhone valley. FTP, name this father of Carloman and Pepin the Short, whose nickname means The Hammer. Answer: _Charles Martel_ 6. He favored appeasing Great Britain, and did not sign the Declaration of Independence. However, he did fight in the Revolution, and later wrote a series of letters signed Fabius, urging the adoption of the Constitution. Earlier, he had formulated the declaration of rights and grievances at the Stamp Act Congress, and argued against the Townshend Acts in his _Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania_. FTP, name this head of the committee to draft the Articles of Confederation. Answer: John _Dickinson_ 7. Because this ruler knew that his laws would meet with opposition, he took a 10-year holiday tour to avoid being forced to change them. On this journey, he is said to have met Croesus, an impossibility since he was elected archon in 594 B.C. Among his reforms were a new division of classes, the forgiveness of debts, and suffrage for the lower class of Athens. FTP, name this legendary wise man of Greece, whom Ben Weiss has never heard of. Answer: _Solon_ 8. He emerged as a leader in the overthrow of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Under the first regime of Ramn Grau, he became army chief of staff and forced Graus resignation in 1934. He ruled through puppets at first, but was elected president in 1940 and passed some social reforms, but after Grau won the 1944 election, he staged a coup and suspended the constitution. FTP, name this dictator whose corrupt government was overthrown in 1959 by Fidel Castro. Answer: Fulgencio _Batista_ y Zaldvar 9. Among the famous words from this play are Bell, book, and candle shall not drive me back and Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. The main character is threatened with a French invasion at the behest of Pandulph, the papal lagate. He occupies the throne by strong possession rather than by right, which favors his nephew Arthur, whose claim is defended by Constance. FTP, name this play by Shakespeare, chronicling the life and death of the younger son of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Answer: _King John_ 10. The plot of the play is this: Disguised as the usurer Mr. Premium, Josephs wealthy uncle Sir Oliver, has returned from India to test the character of his nephews Joseph and Charles by trying to buy the family portraits. Joseph and Charles, the two Surface nephews, are both interested in Maria, the ward of Sir Peter Teazle. FTP, name this comedy that takes place at the house of Lady Sneerwell, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Answer: The _School for Scandal_ 11. He was born in 1788 in Danzig. At the end of his career, he retired to Frankfurt-am-Main and lived as a recluse with his poodle, a fitting end to a life spent defending a philosophy described as systematic pessimism. He collaborated with Goethe on the theory of colors, and published a collection of aphorisms titled Parerga und Paralipomena. FTP, name this author of The Two Main Problems of Ethics and The World as Will and Idea. Answer Artur _Schopenhauer_. 12. His thirteenth Symphony contains male-voice settings by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and many others also contain voice movements. His opera A Lady Macbeth of Mtensk had to be withdrawn after violent press attacks on its decadence, criticism that had begun with his opera The Nose. FTP, name this Russian compser most famous for his Seventh Symphony, the Leningrad . Answer: Dmitri _Shostakovich_ 13. When dropped on human skin, it produces a yellow coloration because it reacts with certain proteins to form yellow xanthoproteic acid. In commercial use it is sometimes in a fuming state, red or brown in color, and used to make dyes and explosives. Medieval alchemists called it aqua fortis , and it is a strong oxidizing agent. FTP, name this substance with chemical formula HNO3. Answer: _Nitric Acid_ 14. This phenomenon was predicted by relativity theory, and was first observed in 1979 by British astronomer Dennis Walsh when he saw a giant elliptical galaxy producing a double image of a more distant quasar. Since then, other examples have been observed, including the 1988 sighting of a possible Einstein ring produced by perfect alignment of nearer and farther objects. FTP, what is this effect in which a very massive object bends light coming from a more distant object? Answer: _Gravitational lens_ing (accept microlensing?) 15. The west African one, Protopterus, is known to estivate during dry periods, possibly for more than four years. It burrows into the mud and secretes a mucous covering, which hardens, leaving a small closable breathing vent. This cocoon softens when wet. The Australian genus, Neoceratodus, can obtain sufficient oxygen from water unless conditions become stagnant, while the American and African ones must rise to the surface. FTP, name this group of fish, whose gills degenerate in favor of another method of respiration. Answer: _Lungfish_ 16. He was a member of the Thakin movement and president of the student union that took part, along with Aung San and Ne Win, in the student strike of 1936. During the Japanese occupation of his nation in WW II, he served as foreign minister in the government of Ba Maw. In 1945, he formed the Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League, and on independence became his countrys frst prime minister, before his regime was overthrown by Ne Win. FTP, name this leader of Burma. Answer: _U Nu_ 17. He settled in Croton around 530 B.C., claiming that he had been Euphorbus, a warrior in the Trojan War. Xenophanes tells the story that when he saw a man beating a dog, he told him to stop because the dog had been a friend of his in another life. His philosophy is known only through the writings of his disciples especially Philolaus of Croton. FTP, name this originator of theories like the music of the spheres and a hypotenuse theorem. Answer: _Pythagoras_ 18. Whenever he went down town, the people on the pavement looked at him. You could have recognized him from the way he fluttered pulses when he said Good-morning or the way he glittered when he walked. Or you might examine your own behavior, to see if you are waiting for the light, or going without the meat, or cursing the bread. FTP, name this man richer than a king and admirably schooled in every grace who one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head. Answer: _Richard Cory_ 19. Franz Liszt included a solo for it in his first piano concerto. It was invented in Europe by the 14th century and until about 1800, it often had jingling rings strung on it. It entered the orchestra during the 18th century when Turkish military music was in fashion, and became a standard instrument in Cajun folk music. FTP, name this instrument that consists of a bent steel rod, open at one corner. Answer: The _Triangle_ 20. He was 9th overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, after a standout career during which he played on the 1988 USA bronze-medal Olympic team and the NCAA Division I championship team. Second only to Michael Jordan in 1992 in total dunks by a guard, he was recently shipped off with Grant Long to play alongside Grant Hill in Detroit. FTP, name this player known as The Plastic Man. Answer: Stacey _Augmon_Q*7 *7Matt50MTEXTMACATEXTMACA 5$2*7 *74W*(@~*(~ *+*(}& !#$'-22xs