Question for Reading III

1. What is a novella ?
..It's a prose fiction which is longer than a long story, but shorter than a short novel

2.What the essence of a novella ?
...It has a concentrated unity of purpose and design.

3.When the Thomas Mann's Death in Venice published ?
...in 1912

4.Where background of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice?
...in Venice

5.How about that story in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice?
..that is wonderfully condensed tale of the relationship between art and life, love and death

6.Is it constructed from Greek Mythology?
..yes, it is constructed on a framework of references to greek mythology and the unity oe themes, form and motifs are superbly realised

7.Is Novella same with Novel? why?
..No, it isn't, because they have different features a novel can have plots and sub-plots, a teaming cast of characters and take place in a number of locations, but a novella is more likely to be concentrated on one issue with just one or two central characters and located in one place

8.Who the actor in Seize the Day?
..Tommy Wilhelm

9.When Bellow got awarded the Nobel Prize?
...In 1976

10.What The Turn of the Screw tell about?
...It's a classic novella and a ghost story which defies easy interpretation

11.Is the story drenched in complexities?
...Yes, it is, including the central issue of the reliability of the person who is telling the tale


The Last Supper ( Leonardo da Vinci )
1.Who the artist from the picture with tittle is The Last Supper?
..Leonardo da Vinci

2.What The Last Supper in Italian?
..IL Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena

3.Where the location of The Last Supper?
...Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

4.When a manuscript was found with their name before this only Judas, Peter, John and Jesus were positively identified?
..In the 19th century

5.Who the names on that picture ?
..From left to right
Bartholomew, James, Son of Alphaeus, Andrew Judas Iscariout, Peter, John, Jesus, Apostle Thomas, Jame the Greater, Philip, Matthew, Jude Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot

6.Is The Last Supper include fresco?
..No, it isn't, because Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper on a dry wall rather than on wet plaster

7.Who is Leonardo's biographer?
...Giorgio Vasari

8.Why Leonardo began work on The Last Supper in 1495 and completed it in 1498?
..because he did not work on the painting continuously

9.Where is original cartoons preserved ?
..in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

10.How about Castagno's version of The Last Supper?
..depicting St. John sleeping

The Transformer ( cartoon )
1.When Transformers have invaded?
...in the past 25 years
2.Who editors of The Transformers and what the quotation from them about The Transformers?
..Bryce Malek and Dick Robbin, they said "..we feel action should be emphasized over plot-especially avoiding any complicated story lines-to ensure the success of this series with its intended viewers "

3.Where Animation was produced overseas ?
..by Toei, AKOM,Tokyo Movie Shinsha ( supposedly ) and an unknown studio from the Philippines

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