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1
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timeline of eras studied

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anlgo saxon era
medevil era
enlightenment era
romantic era
victorian era

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2
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when was the norman invasion

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1066

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3
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what 2 events brought beowulf back to life

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lecture by jrr tolken
archeological dig at sutton ho

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4
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what did the enlightenment emphasize

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humanism
skeptisim
science
individualism

educated europeans to begin to reason as the key to human progress

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5
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what 3 events led to the enlightenment

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scientific revolution
the renassance
the reformation (the english civil war )

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6
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what was the result of the enlightement era

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revolutions

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7
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english coffeehouses were

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places in which men would meet and discuss enlightenment ideas, no women aloud

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french saloons were

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places in which women would host enlightement thinking and ideas to be shared in their homes

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9
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writers in the enlightenement values what 3 things

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wit
critique
rational thought

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10
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two popular generes of writting at this time were

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satire
essays

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11
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which if these was not a trait valued by enlightenment thinkers

skeptisizm
science
superstition

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superstition

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12
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define satire

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Using humor or critique as a way to point out flaws in a society

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13
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time period between 1700s 1800s

victorian era
anglo saxon era
romantic era
enlightenment era

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romantic era

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14
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what did the romantics value the most

humanity
nature
science
individualism

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nature

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why did the romantic era arise following the enlightement era

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Concerned that science was “taking over” and devaluing the best parts of the human experience, Romantics wanted to focus on feeling/experience rather than reason/logic.

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16
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author of “to a Louse”

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Burns

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17
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author to “my Heart Leaps up”

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wordsworth

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18
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Author of “The World is Too Much With Us”

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wordsworth

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19
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Author of “Afton Water”

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Burns

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Author of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

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wordsworth

21
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author of “to a mouse”

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Burns

22
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Author of “Auld Lang Syne”

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burns

23
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author of “Kubla Khan”

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Coleridge

24
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author of “rime of the anctient mariner”

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Coleridge

25
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author of “the lamb”

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Blake

26
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author of “the Tyger”

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blake

27
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author of “The Divine Image

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blake

28
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author of “she walks in beauty”

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lord byron

29
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author of “Child Harolds pilgrimage”

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Lord Byron

30
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author of “When I have Fears that I may cease to be”

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john keats

31
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author of ““Ode on a Grecian Urn”

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john keats

32
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author of “A thing of Beauty”

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john keats

33
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author of “Mutibility”

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percy shelly

34
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author of “ozymandius”

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percy shelly

35
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author of “ode to the west wind”

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percy shelly

36
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author of “frankenstein”

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mary shelly

37
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author of “A vindication of the rights of Woman”

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mary shelly

38
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how were percy shelly and mary shelly connected

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they were married

39
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poet who was wild in his lifestyle and wanted to be perceived as knowledgeable and scholarly

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lord byron

40
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who wrote songs of innocence and songs of experience

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blake

41
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how are coleridge and blake connected

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they wrote the Lyrical Ballads together

42
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byronic hero

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a type of fictional character who is a moody, brooding rebel, often one haunted by a dark secret from his past.

43
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old english

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influenced by latin: Old English is the Anglo-Saxon language used from 400s to about 1100

44
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middle english

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influenced by french: Middle English was used from the 1100s to about 1400s

45
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modern english

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Modern English is the language used from 1400 onwards

46
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imperialism

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when one country extends power through diplomacy, economy, or military force

driven by social darwinism and racism

47
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white mans burden

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England believed that other countries needed help becoming a better race by being governed and developed into a more superior race

48
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victorians belived that nature

A) was harsh and cruel
B) was beautiful

A

was harsh and cruel

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