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1
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What two countries fought each other during the 100 years war

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France and england

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2
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Name one advance in military technology knight armor obsolete

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Gunpowder

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Name two rights that the english people gained during the 12th and 13th centuries that are still part of english and american law today

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Trial by jury and taxation without representation

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4
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What wiped out 1/3 to 1/2 of europes population in 1348-1349

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Black death

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What were the series of expeditions from 1095-1291 to retake the holy land from the muslims

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Crusades

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Name two things about the catholic church that wycliffe opposed

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Popes infallibility and the way the priests acted

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7
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English took a large amount of ________ vocabulary during the middle english period

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French

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8
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Who wrote canterbury tales

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Chaucer

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Who wrote Morte d’arthur

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Mallory

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10
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Who wrote the order of the priesthood

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Wycliffe

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11
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Using reason to support faith

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Scholasticism

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12
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Instruction

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Didacticism

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13
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Short poem intended to be sung

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Ballad

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14
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Trivial subject treated heroically

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Mock epic

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15
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Moral tale involving animals as characters

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Beast fable

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16
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What two things do the term middle english refer to

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English Language literature

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17
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A group of unified tales

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Frame tale

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18
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Story with a literal and implied meaning

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Allegory

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19
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Written in a sarcastic tone and critical of society

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Social satire

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20
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Adventurous tale about knights and chivalry

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Romance

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21
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Morning star of reformation

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John wycliffe

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22
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Wrote while in jail

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Thomas Mallory

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23
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Attacked basic teaching of catholic church

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John wycliffe

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24
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Wrote social satire but did not push for radical reform

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Chaucer

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25
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Had a varied and interesting career

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Chaucer

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26
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Sent out preacher the last 18 months of his life

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Wycliffe

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27
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Synthesized many accounts of king arthur into one tale

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Mallory

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28
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Initiated translation of the scriptures into english

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Wycliffe

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29
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Wrote about the ideal churchman

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Wycliffe

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30
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Lancaster during the war of roses

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Mallory

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31
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His body was exhumed and burned and the ashes scattered many years after his death

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Wycliffe

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32
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Three qualities of a good priest

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Poor patient and hardworking

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33
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Name one Biblical character that is held up as a good example to follow

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Jesus

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34
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The lesson the fox and the rooster learned

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Fox keep his mouth shut

Rooster not to fall for flattery

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35
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Rationalist

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Life expectancy was short sickness and danger

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36
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Primitive

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Romantic middle age

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37
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Where greek manuscripts and other classic works were hidden

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Monastery

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38
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Who went to ireland to evangelize it for rome and started church

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Patrick

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39
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The irish church was similar to the catholic church except for two main differences

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Denied papacy could marry

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40
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Anglo saxon and the jute invaders all spoke dialects of the west germanic branch of the family of lanuages known as

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Indo european

41
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From what language do we get our alphabet

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Latin

42
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What two elements are strangely mixed in old english poems

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Pagan Christian

43
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Expressing an idea in a more elegant roundabout way using more words than necessary

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Periphrastic epithet

44
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Figurative expression usually compound that replaces a noun

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Kenning

45
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Repitition in different words of an element of a sentence clause or phrase

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Variation

46
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One of the most important works translated from latin into west saxon by alfreds scribes was written by bede what is it

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The ecclesiastical history of the english people

47
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How many years did grendel terrorize

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12

48
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Name one thing hrothgar had already heard about beowulf

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He was bold in battle

49
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Why does beowulf say he will use no weapons

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Grendel has no weapons

50
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Grendels death wound

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Huge split under shoulder arm ripped off

51
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Main purpose of anglo saxon chronicles

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Annual happenings about the anglo saxons

52
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What scandinavian/viking king conquered england

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Canute

53
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One positive and one negative quality of william the conqueror

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Very wise and powerful, put man in jail for hunting

54
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Acts and monuments

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John foxe

55
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Pilgrimage

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Walter raleigh

56
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Greek new testament with latin translation

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Erasmus

57
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Astrophil and stella

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Philip sidney

58
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Parable of the wicked mammon

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Tyndale

59
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The shepherds calendar

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Edmund spenser

60
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What is our life

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Walter raleigh

61
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Utopia

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Thomas more

62
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The faerie queene

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Edmund spenser

63
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A dialogue concerning heresies

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Thomas more

64
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Love that liveth and reigneth in my thought

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Henry howard

65
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An apology for poetry

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Philip sidney

66
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Resorted to name calling in his debate with tyndale

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Thomas more

67
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Beheaded by king james 1 after his last chance tonredeem himself failed

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Walter raleigh

68
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His strength as a translator was his ability to communicate to the common man

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William tyndale

69
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His purpose for writing was to make sure england didnt forget the atrocities committed by the catholics against the protestants

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John foxe

70
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He invented blank verse and the english sonnet

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Henry howard

71
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He wrote petrarchan sonnets after being exposed to them in italy

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Thomas wyatt

72
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He was secretary to lord grey in ireland when he wrote his famous epic

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Edmund spenser

73
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He wrote his poetry from prison

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Walter raleigh

74
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Earned disfavor from queen elizabeth by writing a letter opposing her marriage to a french prince

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Philip sidney

75
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King had six wives and three children who ruled after him

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Henry VIII

76
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Protestantism reached high tide in england with this king

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Edward VI

77
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Tudor england enjoyed higher standard of living in than in medieval times (T/F)

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True

78
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Why did henry VIII divorce his first wife

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She gave no son

79
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Tried to destroy protestantism and died with no heir

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Bloody mary

80
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What did act of supremacy sever

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The church of england

81
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What happened to the possessions of the catholic church after the act of supremacy went into effect

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They became be kings

82
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Who became the new head of the church

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The king

83
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What did the humanists establish because they wanted moral and spiritual improvement of society

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Schools

84
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Name one reason the literature of this period was difficult for the modern reader

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Academic

85
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Literature delights in order to _____

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Teach

86
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Describe “error” with three facts from faerie queene

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Half woman half serpent foul filthy

87
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Why did spenser write the sonnets amoretti

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To celebrate his marraige

88
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Name one truth amoretti teaches

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Beauty comes from within

89
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What was the name of the knight in the faerie queene and what did he typify

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Red cross; an immature Christian who can either succeed or fail and is totally dependent on God

90
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Greater recognition of the profit making part of society and favoring their interests

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Mercantilism

91
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Literary mode that contains shepherds in a very rural primitive setting

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Pastoralism

92
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Contains an octave and a sestet totalling 14 lines

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Italian sonnet

93
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Contains 3 quatrains and a couplet

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English sonnet

94
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Killed many protestants and tried to restore england to its catholic faith

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Mary I

95
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Wise shrewd monarch that ruled tmfor many years favored middle ground to keep peace and unity

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Elizabeth I

96
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What make the story of Thomas cranmers martyrdom so dramatic

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He was wrong to recant and burns the hand that signed it first

97
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Daughter of henry VIII and anne boleyn

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Elizabeth I

98
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All the tudor monarchs after henry VII were plagued by the fear of ___

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Heirlessness

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