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What blended philosophy and theology and attempted to use reason to support faith

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Scholasticism

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the ascension of Henry VII to the throne is associated with the end of what?

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The English Middle Ages

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The Middle Ages was a time of what?

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Dynamic change

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elements emphasized in the medieval romance:

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An adventurous knights quest
Romantic love
Acts of chivalry
Supernatural elements
The ideals of civilized society
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humor evidenced itself in the form of what?

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Irony and riddles

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Who was a Benedictine monk who wrote on many subject and sought to chart the spread of Christianity?

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Bede

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In “The Conversion of Edwin” the three basic philosophical questions alluded to by Edwin’s more spiritually astute counselor deal with the subjects of what?

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Origin, meaning and destiny

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As a ruler William the Conquerer is best described as what?

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Severe

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Why are the Danes being assaulted by Grendel ?

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Because of their sin of pride

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Grendel is the offspring of who?

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Cain

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Grendel kills and devours one of Beowulf’s what?

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Sleeping companions

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Beowulf kills Grendel in what?

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Hand to hand combat and rips his arm off

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Where is Grendel mortally wounded and what does he do after?

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He is mortally wounded in the mead hall and runs away and dies

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What year were the Middle Ages, the old English period and the Middle English period and what units were they?

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Middle Ages - 450-1485 (main heading), Old English- 450-1100 (unit 1), Middle English- 1100-1485 (unit 2)

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What year were the renaissance, the Tudor period and the Stuart period and what unit were they in ?

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The renaissance- 1485-1688 (main heading), Tudor- 1485-1603 (unit 3), Stuart- 1603-1688 (unit 4)

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The chancellor at Oxford University and the ecclesiastical council considered Wycliffe’s beliefs to be heretical and he was brought to trial before a what?

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an ecclesiastical synod. (A local or special ecclesiastical council.)

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Wycliffe taught that the primary requirement for clergy is a what?

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Godly lifestyle

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Who was a civil official and diplomat?

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Chaucer

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Chaucer’s use of pilgrimage was appropriate because what?

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(1) he structurally united a variety of tales in a single composition. (2) it provided a vehicle for social commentary by bringing together people from all walks of society. (3) it brought together a variety of people with universal character traits.

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as the legend of King Arthur spread in the 13th and 14th centuries, it acquired some embellishments:

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  • the French turned Arthur from chieftain into king.
  • the welsh added supernatural elements to the tale.
  • when the legend returned to England, it became fiercely patriotic
  • the Tudor dynasty claimed descent from Arthur
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King Arthur frees to let Beaumain try to rescuer the damsel because Arthur had promised to grant him what?

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Three wishes and this was one of them

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What type of ballads especially communicates the common man’s viewpoint?

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The Robin Hood cycle

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The following ballads have topics concerned with death:

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Sir Patrick Spence, The Twa Corbies, The Wife of Usher’s Well

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During the Tudor period, how did the middle class gain power? Name causes, growth, organizations, etc.

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The middle class exerted influence not only through the trade companies but also through the House of Commons and, especially, through the administration of the burgeoning industrial centers. Rise of power in local governments.

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Describe Elizabeth’s religious policy.

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Moderate

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More’s humanism is evident in what?

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Utopia

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in Tyndale’s answer to Sir Thomas More, he declares that the true interpreter of Scripture is who?

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The Holy Spirit

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The informality of his style is a result of his evangelicalism. It takes plain, energetic language to reach the common man. His influence determined that the style of the English Bible would be popular rather than what?

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Erudite and liturgical

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the popular title of Foxe’s great work is Book of Martyrs, but the more accurate title is what?

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Acts and Monuments

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Foxe decided to publish an English version of his Book of Martyrs because he wanted to what?

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Influence the common people

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Date of the King James Version

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1611

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The influence of Foxe’s book helped make England firmly what?

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Protestant

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the typical sonnet line has how many poetic feet?

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5

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which Tudor poet invented blank verse?

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Henry Howard, earl of surrey

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Who introduced Renaissance themes and verse forms into England?

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Wyatt

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according to “An Apology for Poetry” fictional stories can actually be true if they convey what?

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universal spiritual- rather than particular historical- truths.

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according to “An Apology for Poetry” the dual purpose of poetry is to what?

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Teach and delight

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Sidney defended poetry stating that it was more effective than what?

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Philosophy or history

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What is the name of Spenser’s sonnet sequence?

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Amoretti

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sonnet 68 (“Most Glorious Lord”) celebrates what?

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Christ’s resurrection

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Spenser completed six books of what?

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The Faerie Queen

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the flimsiness of the house of pride is indicated by its what?

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thin, insubstantial walls, the crumbling back sections and it’s foundation of sand.

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Shakespeare was supporting himself and his company by writing plays with a what?

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general appeal and anevident meaning

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Shakespeare wrote how many plays?

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About 35 plays

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He wrote two long narrative poems…

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“Venus and Adonis”, and “The Rape of Lucrece”

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Why does Macbeth forfeits sleep?

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Because of his treason

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the witches reinforce the main theme by saying what?

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Fair is foul and foul is fair

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What the primary function of the porter in act II?

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to provide comic relief to the diencephalic

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Why is lady Macbeth prevented from murdering Duncan herself?

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Because he looks like her father in his sleep

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the appearance of Banquo’s ghost at the banquet in his honor is an example of what?

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Situational irony

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Macbeth’s actions in act IV disrupt what?

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Nature, society, and the family

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Macduff is prevented from getting complete revenge on Macbeth because

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Macbeth has no children

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the three prophecies Macbeth receives:

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  • beware Macduff
    • none of woman born/shall harm him
    • he “shall never be vanquished be/until… Birnan wood comes to… Dunsinane.”
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Why did the commonwealth govt fail?

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because the Presbyterians and Independents found it difficult to compromise on matters of church govt, it sank further and further into debt and Richard Cromwell was an ineffective successor to his father

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What became the official creed of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, comprised of a Longer and Shorter Catechism and temporarily replaced the thirty-nine articles of the English Church?

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The Westminster confession

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what year did the Restoration take place?

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1660

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Francis bacon’s essays best exemplify the stylistic qualities of what?

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Compression and balance

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In “Of Great Place”, Bacon includes principles of good leadership:

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  • accept criticism graciously
    • learn to delegate responsibilities
    • when you change your position, give clear reasons for your decision.
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Why was Bacon put on trial?

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For taking bribes

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Who was jailed for an imprudent marriage, and later became dean of St. Paul’s cathedral.

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John Donne

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characteristics of metaphysical verse:

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  • arrestingly abrupt openings
    • a dramatic, personal quality
    • striking figurative comparisons.
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“A Hymn to God the Father” is best described as what?

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Confident

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Who was the first English author to publish his own complete works?

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Ben Johnson

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Johnson’s imitators became known as what?

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The cavalier poets

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Who is the greatest English writer of devotionals?

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George Herbert

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the sequence of poems in “The Temple” starts at the outside porch of the temple and ultimately ends in…

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The holy of holies

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In “Redemption”, how does the landlord grant his tenants request?

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By dying

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Baxter states that God has given us the Spirit to what?

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Mortify the flesh

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he was a politican and writer who went blind

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John Milton

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“Paradise lost”- according to the romantics, the hero was who and the true hero was who?

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Satan, true hero was Christ

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according to the introductory lines the poem’s primary purpose is to justify what?

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The ways of God to men

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according to Milton, nature does what when Eve eats of the fruit?

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Groans and trembles

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Pepys’ attitude toward the puritans is what?

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Inconsistent

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Pepys was a what and helped build what?

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He was a diarist and helped build the British navy.

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“Pilgrim’s Progress” the central metaphor compares life to a what?

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Journey

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according to Good Will Christian will be able to distinguish the right paths from the wrong ones because only the right ones are what?

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Straight and narrow

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Christian’s neighbors mock his flight from home and his family members are what?

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Generally unsupportive

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