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1
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greatest anglo saxon poem

A

beowulf

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2
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first type of anglo saxon literature was

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poetry

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3
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known as the founder of english history

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venerable bead

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4
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metaphorical compound word or phrases

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kenning

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5
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“revenging the wrong, is more goodly than grieving, let us follow”

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beowulf

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6
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probably the best known morality play

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everyman

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7
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theme of the work “everyman”

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death comes to every man when they least expect it

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8
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knight that beheaded the green knight

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sir goine

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9
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works theme is the love of money is the root of all evil

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pardoners tale, canterbury tales

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10
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wrote the canterbury tales

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chaucer

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11
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pearl poets time period

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medieval period

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12
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wrote morte darthur

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mallory

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13
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“since my love died for me today, ill die for him tomorrow”

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barney barbara allen

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14
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“the faerie queen” is in what time period

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the elizabethan period

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15
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how many years of earthly power does faustus buy

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24

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16
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poem compares mans life to a play of passion

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on the life of man

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17
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wrote the book of martyrs

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fox

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18
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wrote the play dr faustus

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marlowe

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19
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wrote the first essays in english literature

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bacon

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20
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literature genre reached its zenith during the elizabethan period

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the drama

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21
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“come with live with me and be my love…”

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passionate shepherd to his love

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22
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englands greatest epic

A

paradise lost

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23
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theme is mans need for rest

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the pulley

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24
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theme is justifying the ways of God to men

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paradise lost

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25
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milton was in what time period

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puritan time period

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26
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robinson crusoe is what period

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restoration and the eighteenth century period

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27
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who wrote the cotters saturday night

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burns

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28
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poem represented purity by williams

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the lamb

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29
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reminiscent of past days

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auld lang syne

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30
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wrote robinson crusoe

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defoe

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31
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wrote gullivers travels

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swift

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32
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commentary on the laws of england

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blackstone

33
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wrote amazing grace

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john newton

34
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wrote ellegy written in a country churchyard

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grey

35
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“say first of god above or man below, what can we reason from what we know”

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essay on man

36
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…“where wealth accumulates and men decay”

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deserted village

37
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rime of the ancient mariner is from what period

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romantic period

38
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theme is the love which should bind together all created things

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the rime of the ancient mariner

39
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man who mrs bennet is eager to see match with one of her daughters

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mr. bingly

40
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supreme poet of nature

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wordsworth

41
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wordsworth started what movement

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romantic movement

42
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invented the byronic hero

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george gorden, lord byron

43
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who wrote when i hath fears

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keats

44
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who wrote ode to the west wind, mutability, a dirge

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shelley

45
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wrote pride and prejudice

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jane austin

46
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jane austin perfected the novel of

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manners

47
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“if winter comes can spring be far behind?”

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ode to the west wind

48
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“beauty is truth, truth beauty”

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ode on a greecian urn

49
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who was promised by the witches that his son would become king

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banquo

50
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successor name

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malcom

51
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whos ghost does macbeth see at the banquet table

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banquos

52
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who suffers sleepwalking as a consequence of her sins

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lady macbeth

53
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individual who tells christian to go to the wicket gate

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evangelist

54
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who does christian meet in the valley of humiliation

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apolyon

55
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how does christian defeat apolyon

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with his sword

56
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who becomes christians companion after passing through the valley of the shadow of death

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faithful

57
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who joins christian after escaping the town of vanity

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hopeful

58
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who invites christian to dig in the silver mine

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demas

59
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name of the mountain range after escaping doubting castle

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delectable mountains

60
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pilgrims must cross

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a river

61
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name who is able to cross the river with vain hope the ferry man

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ignorance

62
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who wrote the pilgrims progress

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john bunyan

63
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what represents assurance of salvation in pilgrims progress

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sealed scroll

64
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name of the city that represented heaven

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celestial city

65
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place that represented the church as a place of security for pilgrims

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palace beautiful

66
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“do you see yonder wicket gate”

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evangelist

67
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time period of alfred lord tennyson

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victorian era

68
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jack worthing and gwendolyn fairfax is from

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the importance of being ernest

69
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idyls of the king was written by

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lord tennyson

70
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wrote my last duchess

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browning

71
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pygmalion is from what age

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twentieth century

72
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what professor did eliza go to to speak properly

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professor higgins

73
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wrote the second coming

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yeats

74
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haunted by the death of his brother

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arsat

75
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wrote the lagoon

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conrad

76
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who wrote his last bow

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doyle

77
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who wrote the railway children

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nesbit

78
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