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1
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Beowulf Author

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unknown

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Beowulf date

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9th century

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3
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Beowulf Language

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Old English

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Historical stages of english

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Old English, Middle English, Early Modern, Modern English

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5
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Dates Old English

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450-1150 AD

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Dates Middle English

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1150-1500 AD

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Dates Early Modern

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1500-1700

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8
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Dates Modern English

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1700-the present AD

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9
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when did the rome conquer the celtic peoples (Britons)

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1st century AD

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Celtic peoples also called

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britons

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11
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When Rome adopts Christianity as its official language what does Britain do?

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adopt Christianity

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12
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Rome abandons Britain because of trouble closer to home when

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5th century AD

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13
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The angles and the Saxons are called

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germanic tribes

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14
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Germanic tribes fill ____ left by Rome’s departure. They conquer the native ____

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power vacuum, celts

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15
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Old English

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Anglish

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16
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Old English is also known as ____ and was the language of these Germanic tribes

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Anglo-saxon

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17
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The language of the germanic tribes

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old english, Anglo-saxon

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18
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who brought the story of Beowulf

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germans

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19
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the germanic tribes in beowulf have nothing to do with

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England or the Anglo-Saxon peopl

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20
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Danes

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Denmark

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21
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famous ancestor of hrothgar

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king of the danes

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22
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southern sweden

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geats

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23
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beowulf’s uncle (mother’s brother)

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Higlac

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24
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beowulf’s father

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Edgethow

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25
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Germanic tribes in beowulf

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Danes, Geats

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26
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name famous danes

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shield, hrothgar

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27
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name famous geats

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higlac, edgethow, beowulf

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28
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the dominant code of conduct in beowulf is that of

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pagan Germanic warriors

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29
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war chiefs whose job it was to reward their followers

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ring-givers

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30
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warriors of the ring giver

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thanes

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31
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financial compensation for death in order to avoid feuds

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wergild

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32
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boasting competitions

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flytting

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33
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originally beowulf was

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an oral tale

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34
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beowulf reflected the

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pagan Germanic religion

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35
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The written version of Beowulf was probably the work of

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a monk which accounts for its Christian elements

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36
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when was the written version of Beowulf written

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centuries after the Anglo-Saxon invasions

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37
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A singer, creator of poetry (In 868)

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Scop

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38
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the repetition of consonant sounds (kith and kin)

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alliteration

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39
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a metaphor (swan’s road) (sleep of the sword)

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Kenning

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40
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an understatement (they decked his body no less bountifully)

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Litotes

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41
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___ is an Old English word meaning (fate)

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Wyrd

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42
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…fate denied him glory in battle

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beowolf

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43
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god who ordains who wins or loses

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beowulf

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44
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often when one man follows his own will many are hurt. this happened to us. nothing we advised could ever convince the prince we loved… not to vex the custodian of the gold

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beowulf

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45
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beowulf wants to fight the ____ alone

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dragon

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46
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Author canterbury tales

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chaucer

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47
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date canterbury tales

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1390 AD

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48
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language canterbury tales

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middle english

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49
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former archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his cathedral

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Thomas a’ Becket

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50
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Since the murder of Thomas a’ Becket the site of hes murder became

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place of pilgrimage

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51
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Canterbury uses the

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frame narrative

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52
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What is the frame of Canterbury tales

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pilgrimage to Canterbury

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53
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who proposes a storytelling competition to pass the time on the pilgrimage to Canterbury

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Harry Bailey

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54
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Each pilgrim should tell

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two tales on the way to Cantebury, and two on the way back

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55
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who will judge the competition

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harry bailey

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56
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How many pilgrims counting Harry Bailey and Chaucer

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31

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57
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How are most of the pilgrims identified

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profession rather than name

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58
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he has the highest social rank of all the pilgrims

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the knight

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59
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is the knight good or bad

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good

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60
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is a village priest

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parson

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61
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brother of the Plowman

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parson

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62
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parson good or bad

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good

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63
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brother of the parson

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plowman

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64
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plowman good or bad

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good

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65
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who works at a monastery

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Abbot, Prior, men

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66
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who works at a monastery

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Abbess, Prioress (women)

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67
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is second in authority at a nunnery (covent)

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prioress

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68
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many ____ were forced into monasteries as a career move.

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young noblemen

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69
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The ____ in this story was probably forced into a monasterie

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monk

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70
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he serves five tradesmen

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cook

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71
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she was a professional wife

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wife of bath

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72
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wife of bath had ___ husbands and is looking for a ___

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five, sixth

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73
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he sells indulgences

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pardoner

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74
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pardoner good or evil

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evil

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75
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what are indulgences

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pardons for sin

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76
Q

ran mills where wheat was processed

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miller

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77
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miller good or evil

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evil

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78
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a steward (overseer) of an estate

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reeve

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79
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reeve good or evil

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evil

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80
Q

St. Francis founded

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the order of Franciscan friars

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81
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____ are not supposed to own any property. They were originally wandering preachers who survived by begging

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friars

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82
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Friar good evil

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evil

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83
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Wife of Bath’s name

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alison

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84
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The first three husbands were

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old and rich

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85
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the 4 th and 5th husbands were

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young

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86
Q

husband number ___ cheated on her, and she worried him to ____ by

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4, death, pretending to cheat on him

87
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her __ husband struck her in the ear and made her deaf

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5th

88
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what was her fifth husband name

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jenkins

89
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did she eventually gain mastery over her fifth husband

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yes

90
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the paroner’s tale is a ____

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exemplum

91
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a sermon-like story that models good behavior (to be followed) or bad behavior (to be avoided)

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exemplum

92
Q

radix malorum est cupiditas

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the root of all evil is avarice

93
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who uses avarice in the theme that he employs in all his sermons

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pardoners

94
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in addition to indulgences the pardoner sells

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fake holy relics

95
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____ like indulgences, were thought by some to impart holiness to their owner

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relics

96
Q

were often the focus of pilgrimages and brought a great deal of revenue to the towns that possed them

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relics

97
Q

Middle Ages dived from Ancient World by

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fall of Roman empire 476 AD

98
Q

Who was the first Emperor to officially recognize Christianity

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Constantine

99
Q

Confessions Author

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St. Augustine

100
Q

Confessions Date

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400 AD

101
Q

Confessions Launguage

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Latin

102
Q

The Confessions of Augustine was ___

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first autobiography in western literature

103
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Augustine’s model for Confessions was

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Biblical book of Psalms

104
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teacher of rhetoric

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Augustine

105
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Who was Augustine’s Mother

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monica

106
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what did Monica believe

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Christian

107
Q

Augustine went through a series of philosophies and religions before accepting

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Christianity

108
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dualistic religion which saw all matter as evil

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Manicheism

109
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ascetic philosophy/religion inspired by renewed interest in Plato’s idea

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Neoplatonism

110
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Augustine accepted Christianity ____ before actually becoming a Christian

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intellectually

111
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Augustine died as the ____ of the city of _____ while it was under siege.

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bishop, Hippo

112
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when did Augustine died

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5th century AD

113
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Inferno author

A

dante

114
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Inferno language

A

Italian

115
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Inferno Date

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1320 AD

116
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The Inferno is part of a larger work called

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the divine Comedy

117
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inferno prologue

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1 canto

118
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inferno hell

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33 cantos

119
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inferno Purgatory

A

33 cantos

120
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inferno paradise

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33 cantos

121
Q

the define comedy is what kind of work

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allegory

122
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a story whose characters and events have symbolic as well as narrative significance

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allegory

123
Q

how many circles of Hell are represented

A

9

124
Q

three creatures that bar Dante from the sunlit hill

A

she wolf, lion, leopard

125
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she wolf

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incontinence

126
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lion

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violence

127
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leopard

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fraud

128
Q

In Dante’s Hell people are condemned to

A

circle that corresponds with the sin that dominated their lives

129
Q

Criminals and their punishments are ______ worse the ____ one goes into Hell

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increasingly, deeper

130
Q

Dante has ___ guides who lead him through the Divine Comedy

A

2

131
Q

Just as Aeneas had the Sybil as his guide to the Underworld in Virgils Aeneid, Dante has

A

Virgil

132
Q

Dante’s first love, is

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Beatrice

133
Q

Beatrice is Dante’s guide through

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Paradise

134
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The 1st circle of hell holds

A

those who were virtuous but unbaptized

135
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the punishment in the first circle of hell

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abiding sense of longing

136
Q

what circle does Virgil live in

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1st circle

137
Q

I was a novice in this place when I saw a mighty lord descend to us

A

Inferno

138
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For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

A

1 Peter 3:18-20

139
Q

Those condemned to the Vestibule of Hell are

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opportunists

140
Q

they went with whichever side would benefit them the most at a given moment

A

opportunist

141
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the Vestibule of hell

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antechamber

142
Q

The inferno believes that Ulysses

A

died sailing into the atlantic

143
Q

Ulysses came within sight of ____ _____ before ____

A

Mount Purgatory, dying

144
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Ulysses is sent to what circle, where ___ are sent

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8th circle, frauds

145
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The lake at the bottom of Hell is _____ because it is the ____ point from God

A

ice, farthest

146
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Satan’s three faces are

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inversion of the Divine Trinity

147
Q

Dante escapes Hell

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by going through the earth and going out the other side

148
Q

Dante knew the earth was round and understood gravity in

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1320 AD

149
Q

Kebra Nagast

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the glory of Kings

150
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Kebra Nagast author

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unknown

151
Q

Kebra Nagast Date

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14th century

152
Q

Kebra Nagast Language

A

Ge’ez

153
Q

Fate of the Ark according to Jeremiah

A

no one knows

154
Q

“In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the LORD, “men will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made.”

A

Jeremiah 3:16

155
Q

He carried off the treasures of the templeof the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shieldsSolomon had made.

A

1 Kings 14:26 Shishak

156
Q

is the biblical Hebrew form of the first ancient Egyptian name of a pharaoh mentioned in the Bible.

A

Shishak

157
Q

Israel defeated Judah, and every man of Judah ran away to his home.13At Beth Shemesh Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah. (Amaziah was the son of Joash, who was the son of Ahaziah.) Jehoash went up to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, which was about six hundred feet.14He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils in the Temple of theLord, and he took the treasuries of the palace and some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

A

2 Kings 14:12-14 Jehoash

158
Q

“The eleventh year” since Jehoiakin’s exile (Greenberg 529, Zimmerli 33).In the fifth month (Keil 371) of the eleventh year after Jehoiakin’s exile,Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.

A

587-586 BC Nebuchandnezzar

159
Q

Is the queen of the South

A

Queen of Sheba

160
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Now an angelof the Lord said to Philip,“Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch,an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.

A

Acts 8:26-28

161
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Makeda

A

Candace

162
Q

_____ is the name of Haile Selassie before his coronation

A

ras tafari

163
Q

Rastafarians believe that he is another manifestation of

A

God

164
Q

Al-Koran Author

A

Muhammad

165
Q

Al-Koran Date

A

632 AD

166
Q

Al-Koran Language

A

Arabic

167
Q

Belief that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet

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1st Pillar

168
Q

Prayer five times daily

A

2nd Pillar

169
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times of prayer

A

morning, noon, evening, sunset, late night prayer

170
Q

fasting during the month of Ramadan

A

3rd Pillar

171
Q

Muhammad claims that he recieved his 1st revelation of Koran during the month of

A

Ramadan

172
Q

Charity towards the poor

A

4th Pillar

173
Q

The Hajj (Pilgrimage) to the Kaaba in Mecca

A

5th Pillar

174
Q

means “Peace” in Arabic

A

Islam

175
Q

means “struggle” in Arabic and refers to internal (spiritual) war as well as external war against other people

A

Jihad

176
Q

slay the idolaters wherever you find them and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them…then if they repent…leave their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”

A

The Koran, Sura 9:5

177
Q

the last prophet, founder of Islam

A

Muhammad

178
Q

Muhammad claims that the angel ____ delivered the Koran to him in a series of revelations stretching over ____ yrs.

A

Gabriel, 22

179
Q

Muhammad claimed to receive the earlier revelations while in _____ and later in ___

A

Mecca, Medina

180
Q

In _____ Mohammad fled to Medina as a result of religious persecution. Muslims count time from this yr.

A

622 AD

181
Q

Kaaba

A

cube

182
Q

Kaaba is located in

A

Mecca

183
Q

Muslims believe the original structure was built by

A

Abraham and Ishmael

184
Q

After Muhammad’s death his successors were called

A

califs

185
Q

The great split in Islam forming

A

Shi’ites and Sunnis

186
Q

_____ believe the califs should be descendants of Ali

A

Shi’ites

187
Q

SG and the GK Author

A

unknown

188
Q

SG and the GK Date

A

14th Century AD

189
Q

SG and the GK Date

A

Middle English

190
Q

Germanic tribes migrated to Britain to fill the power vacuum left by

A

Rome

191
Q

When did the Germanic tribes migrate

A

5th century AD

192
Q

Who did Germanic tribes conquered

A

native Celts

193
Q

The historical King Arthur was a _________

A

Celtic Christian

194
Q

who valiantly resisted the pagan Anglo-Saxons, but lost

A

King Arthur

195
Q

The legend of King Arthur was popular among the

A

Anglo-Saxons

196
Q

The celts migrated to _____ carrying the stories of Arthur with them

A

Northern France

197
Q

The French introduced the idea of

A

courtly romance into the Arthurian legends

198
Q

Characters are from the nobility

A

courtly romance

199
Q

Ideal love is unattainable or unlawful (adulterous)

A

Qualities of a Courtly Romance

200
Q

The woman is adored with almost idolatrous devotion and is in a higher social class than the man

A

qualities of courtly romance

201
Q

The French conquer England in

A

1066 AD (Battle of Hastings)

202
Q

After the Battle of Hastings, French culture introduces the elements of

A

courtly romance into the Arthurian legends circulating in England

203
Q

SG and the G K is an

A

anti-romance

204
Q

SG and the GK is an Anglo-Saxon rejection of

A

French influence in the legends of King Arthur

205
Q

Gawain’s symbol is the

A

Pentangle

206
Q

It represents Gawain’s devotion of the truth

A

pentangle

207
Q

two elements which mark Sir Gawain as an Anti-romance

A

comical encounter with Bercilak’s wife, childish nature of Arthur’s court

208
Q

According to Bercilak, the three blows of the axe symbolize

A

each day of the game

209
Q

Day 1 axe

A

gawain is truthful

210
Q

Day 2 axe

A

Gawain is truthful

211
Q

Day 3 axe (cuts Gawain a little)

A

Gawain is not completely truthful

212
Q

By the story’s end Gawain adopts a second symbol

A

the green garter

213
Q

The Green Garter is a reminder of his

A

imperfection

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