Week 4 - ENGL 101 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Epic - CORRECT ANSWER A long narrative poem in an elevated style recounting the
trials and adventures of a hero, superhuman achievements in battles and journeys, and fateful
exchanges with the gods or God.
Elements of Epic - CORRECT ANSWER Long narrative form + heightened style of
language.
Monstress as Epic - CORRECT ANSWER Monstress is a serial narrative, ongoing +
elaborate, highly wrought, tonally sensuous graphic style.
Panoramic Scale of Worldbuilding - CORRECT ANSWER Federation, Arcanic Realms,
Borderlands + humans, witches, monsters/arcanics, ancients, cat people, gods + pre-war, war,
post-war periods.
Idealized Characters - CORRECT ANSWER Extraordinary characters and narrative
action, such as the battle powers of the heroine and the abilities of cat Ren.
Diverse Sources in Epic - CORRECT ANSWER Weaves diverse, popular sources in
history, myth, and belief to portray the identity or meaning of a society in its culture hero.
Epic Allusions - CORRECT ANSWER Includes references like Cumaean sybil and
Cyclopes; folk legends of half-human/half-beasts like werewolves.
Modern Sources - CORRECT ANSWER Motifs from the 1920s Decadence, including
profuse Art Deco and Egyptomania, and historical discourses of patriarchy, racism, imperialism,
and slavery.
Protagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Main character in any narrative; from Greek: proto
(first) + agonist (person who struggles to overcome).
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Epic - CORRECT ANSWER A long narrative poem in an elevated style recounting the
trials and adventures of a hero, superhuman achievements in battles and journeys, and fateful
exchanges with the gods or God.
Elements of Epic - CORRECT ANSWER Long narrative form + heightened style of
language.
Monstress as Epic - CORRECT ANSWER Monstress is a serial narrative, ongoing +
elaborate, highly wrought, tonally sensuous graphic style.
Panoramic Scale of Worldbuilding - CORRECT ANSWER Federation, Arcanic Realms,
Borderlands + humans, witches, monsters/arcanics, ancients, cat people, gods + pre-war, war,
post-war periods.
Idealized Characters - CORRECT ANSWER Extraordinary characters and narrative
action, such as the battle powers of the heroine and the abilities of cat Ren.
Diverse Sources in Epic - CORRECT ANSWER Weaves diverse, popular sources in
history, myth, and belief to portray the identity or meaning of a society in its culture hero.
Epic Allusions - CORRECT ANSWER Includes references like Cumaean sybil and
Cyclopes; folk legends of half-human/half-beasts like werewolves.
Modern Sources - CORRECT ANSWER Motifs from the 1920s Decadence, including
profuse Art Deco and Egyptomania, and historical discourses of patriarchy, racism, imperialism,
and slavery.
Protagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Main character in any narrative; from Greek: proto
(first) + agonist (person who struggles to overcome).
