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1
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“we are sons of the same mother and I left him in the midst of enemies but I am going back now”

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the lagoon by conrad

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founder of english history

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the venerable bede

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first anglo saxon poet whose name we know

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caedmon

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father of english prose

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john wycliff

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author of Morte d’Arthur

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malory

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author of sir gawain and the green knight

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pearl poet

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wrote utopia

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moore

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author of the faerie queene

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spenser

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greatest sonnet writer in eng lit, greatest writer of all time

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shakespeare

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10
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author of macbeth

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shakespeare

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2 greatest puritan writers

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bunyan and milton

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wrote paradise lost

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milton

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13
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wrote pilgrim’s progress

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bunyan

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14
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first and greatest metaphysical poet

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donne

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15
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wrote a hymn to God the father

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donne

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16
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wrote the bait

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donne

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17
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famous epic that john milton wrote

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paradise lost

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18
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father of modern literary criticism

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dryden

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19
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laid the foundation of english realistic fiction

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defoe

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20
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greatest english prose satirist

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swift

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21
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wrote teh biography of samuel johnson

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boswell

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22
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compiled a monumental dictionary and is considered the greatest writer of the 18th century

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johnson

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23
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author of amazing grace

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newton

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24
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author of the lamb and the tyger

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blake

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25
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scotlands greatest poet

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burns

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26
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the world’s supreme poet

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wordsworth

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27
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invented the byronic hero

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george gordon lord byron

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28
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greatest english lyricist

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percy byshe shelley

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29
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poet whose creed was “ a thing of beauty is a joy forever”

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keats

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30
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created historical novel

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sir walter scott

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31
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greatest mind of the romantic movement

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coleride

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32
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wrote the rime of the ancient mariner

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coleridge

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33
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considered the voice of victorian england

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tennyson

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34
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worte sonnets from the portugese

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elizabeth barret browning

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35
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developed dramatic monologue

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robert browning

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36
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who wrote sherlock holmes

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sir arthur conan doyle

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37
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wrote 1984

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orwell

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38
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author of the screwtape letter

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cs lewis

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39
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greatest anglo saxon poet and greatest germanic epic

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beowulf

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40
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four qualities of an epic

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lofty language
struggle between good and evil
supernatural elements
a hero

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41
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what book established the venerable bede as the founder of english history

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ecclesiastical history of the english people

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42
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metaphorical phrases or compound words that refer to other things like swan boat and bone case

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kennings

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43
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repitition of the sasme initial consonant sound

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alliteration

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44
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what pact is made in get up and bar the door

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whoever speaks first has to bar the door

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45
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the best known morality play

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everyman

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46
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the theme of everyman

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death comes when we least expect it

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47
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the pardoner’s tale theme

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love of money is the root of all evil

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48
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four line stanza with four accented iambic syllables in lines 1 and 3 and three accented syllables in line 2 and 4

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ballad stanza

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49
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narrative form popular during the medieval period based on the adventures on knights kings and distressed ladies

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medieval romance

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50
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anecdote or short tale told to teach a lesson

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exemplum

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51
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dramatic allegory in which vices and virtues wage for the possession of the human soul

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morality play

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52
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which character has the greatest evil influence over macbeth

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lady macbeth

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53
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what vision does macbeth have that points him to duncan’s chamber “is this ___ I see before me”

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a daggar

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54
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how does mady macbeth assist macbeth in his scheme

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poisons and frames the guards

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55
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who does macbeth see at the banquet

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banquo

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56
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how do the witches cause macbeth’s demise

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they decieved him with their prophesies

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57
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who kills macbeth

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macduff

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58
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what flaw of macbeth ultimately causes his demise

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lust for power

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59
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what is englands greatest allegory

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pilgrims progress

60
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englands greatest epic

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paradise lost

61
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what is herrick’s advice to the virgins

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hurry in getting married

62
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what is the irony of the constant lover

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he was an inconstant lover

63
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in paradise lost, what means of revenge does satan propose to the princes of helll

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invade the earth and destroy mankind

64
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what thought persuaded eve to give adam the fruit according to milton

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she didnt want to be replaced by another wife

65
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what is miltons purpose in writing paradise lost

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justify the ways of God to men

66
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highly original and intellectual comparison that points out an unusual parallel between highly dissimilar elements

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metaphysical conceit

67
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the two neighbors that go to try to convince Christian not to go on his pilgrimage

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obstinate and pliable

68
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opens wickett gate for christian

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goodwill

69
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what 4 signs of grace does christian receive at the cross

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mark on forehead, new clothes, scroll, and he loses his burden

70
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why do timorous and mistrust flee

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they fear the lions

71
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what does christian recieve at the palace beautiful

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armor

72
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how does christian defeat apollyon

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thw sword

73
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how does christian get through the valley of the shadow of death

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prayer

74
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who becomes christians companion after the valley of the shadow of death

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faithful

75
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where does faithful meet his end

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vanity fair

76
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what does vanity fair represent

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teh world system

77
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who is christians companion after faithful

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hopeful

78
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how do they escape the giant despair’s prison

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they key of promise

79
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what do they cross taht represents death

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the river

80
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theme of song to st cecelia’s day

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music

81
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what happens to robinson crusoe

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he is stranded on as island

82
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how long is robinson crusoe on the island

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27 year

83
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who joins robinson crusoe on the island and is ministered to

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friday

84
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the named companion other than friday from robinson crusoe

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poll

85
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what brings robinson crusoe to God

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his sickness

86
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swift’s greatest satire

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gulliver’s travels

87
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what is different about liliput in gullivers travels

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everyone is six inches tall

88
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what is different about liliput in gullivers travels

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everyone is six inches tall

89
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wise horse people from gullivers travles

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Houyhnhnms

90
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what does gulliver say causes war

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greed, differences of opinion, pride and hunger

91
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savage humans from gullivers travels

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yahoos

92
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why was johnson’s dictionary such a feat

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he did it all by himslef

93
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what group did Whitefield join at oxford

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methodists

94
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poem about humble obscure people who lie buried in the churchyard

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elegy written in a country churchyard gray

95
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poem about how things are no longer simple

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the deserted villiage

96
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poems by blake that represent evil and innocence

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the tyger and the lamb

97
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burns poem teaches man to be sincere

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to a louse

98
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most formal complex type of lyrical poetry

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ode

99
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concise saying witty or satiric

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epigram

100
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words used to convey the opposite of their meaning

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irony

101
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words addressed to an inanimate object as if it were alive

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apostraphe

102
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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

103
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melancholy poem which reflects on nature and death

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elegy

104
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poem illustrates a conflict between the beauty of nature and the corruption of man

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lines written in early spring

105
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wordsworth poem that describes daffodils

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i wandered lonely as a cloud

106
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bird that followed the ship in rime of ancient mariner

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albatross

107
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theme of rime of ancient mariner

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love nature

108
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first significant to deal with an entire family

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pride and prejudice

109
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poem about authors love for his home lan

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my native land

110
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unique type of romantic character that is rebellious brooding and proud

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byronic hero

111
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3 types of novels from romanic period

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gothic, novel of manners, historical novel

112
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story that tells of a display of self sacrifice

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enoch arden

113
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how does enoch arden sacrifice

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he comes back and doesnt reveal himself to annie

114
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in tennyson’s idylls of the king, what do king arthur and guinevere and lancelot represent

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the war of the flesh and the spirit

115
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what work is always put at the end of tennyson’s collections

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crossing the bar

116
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what work by elizabeth barret browning is about peter’s denial of jesus

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the look

117
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dramatic monologue about a murderous duke

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my last duchess

118
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poem about how the author believes he’ll meet his wife in heaven

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prospice

119
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oscar wilde’s work that satires english social structure

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the importance of being earnest

120
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why does jack worthing not reveal to Guinevere fairfax his real name

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it is her dream to love someone named earnest

121
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why does lady bracknell object to jack worthing’s proposal to her daughter

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he was found orphaned in a handbag

122
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in pygmalion what is eliza’s occupation

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shes a flower girl, she sells flowers

123
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a lyric poem in which a single character engages in a conversation with a silent listener, revealing a dramatic situation

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dramatic monologue

124
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why does eliza come to professor higgens

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to learn to speak properly

125
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poem s]that shows the irony of fame

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to an athlete dying young

126
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poem that describes a beast slouchijng towards bethlehem

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the second coming

127
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tribute to the average man

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the unknown citizen

128
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what is the advice thomas gives to his father about dying in do not go gentle into that good night

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rage rage against the dying of the light

129
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what memory haunts arsat in the lagoon

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his brother’s calling his name as he died

130
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what does arsat resolve to do at the eng of the lagoon

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avenge his brother

131
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in the last bow, for what country did von bork collect British military information

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germany

132
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in the last bow, who is altamont

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sherlock holmes

133
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in the last bow, who did sherlock hire to spy on von bork

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the maid

134
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in ignorance is strength, who is the infallible all-powerful leader of the party

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big brother

135
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what newspeak word means stopping dangerous thoughts that come to your head

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crimestop

136
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in the railway children, how did bobbie find out about her father

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newspaper

137
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did bobbie beleive her father was a criminal

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no

138
Q

in churchill’s blood, sweat, toil, and tears, what is the aim

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victory

139
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who were the screwtape letters for

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wormwood

140
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“Today, the road all runners come,. Shoulder-high we bring you home,. And set you at your threshold down,. Townsman of a stiller town.”

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to an athlete dying young

141
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“And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?”

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the second coming

142
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“was he free, was he happy, teh question is absurd”

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an unknown citizen

143
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“rage, rage, against the dying of the light”

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do not go gentle into that good night

144
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“i have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat”

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blood, toil, tears, and sweat

145
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“we are sons of the same mother and I left him in the midst of enemies but I am going back now.”

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the lagoon

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