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Acute

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sharp, intense

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apathy

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lack of interest

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canvass

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to go asking for votes

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capitulate

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to surrender

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complicity

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being involved in illegal activities

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conciliatory

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intended to calm or pacify

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cryptic

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secret, mysterious

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cynical

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distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

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decree

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an official order issued by a legal authority

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demeanor

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way a person looks or acts

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dissentient

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someone who opposes a majority or official position

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eloquence

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persuasive speaking or writing

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eminent

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famous and respected within a profession

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ensconced

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settled comfortably

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expound

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to explain in detail

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ignominious

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disgraceful, shameful

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impromptu

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done without preparation

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indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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laborious

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requiring much work

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malignity

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extreme hatred

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manifest

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obvious

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morose

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gloomy and grouchy

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parasitical

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living off of others without helping in any way

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perpetual

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continuing or enduring forever

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pervade

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to spread throughout

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procured

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to get with great care or effort

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tractable

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easily managed

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treachery

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deceit

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vice

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immoral conduct

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vivacious

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lively, animated

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“brilliant Achilles,” and “Hector, breaker of horses” are examples of what literary device?

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epithet

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32
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Beowulf is set in which country?

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Denmark

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33
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Beowulf is written originally in what language?

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Old English

34
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Did Homer favor the Greeks or the Trojans in The Iliad? Explain.

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He didn’t pick a side a side; he wrote fair things about the heroes and others on both sides of the story

35
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Grendel is said to be a descendant of whom?

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Cain

36
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Homer begins The Iliad in the 10th year of the war, thus using what epic convention?

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in medias res

37
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In Animal Farm, what song did the animals love to sing?

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Beasts of England

38
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In Beowulf, what is Herot?

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the beautiful mead hall

39
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list the characteristics of an epic poem

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long narrative poem
larger than life hero
universal issues
struggle between good and evil
fate of nation relies on hero
hero represents whole nation
40
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list characteristics of communism

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no ownership of private property
equal distribution of money
no leader or government-stateless society

41
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list the original seven commandments

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1 whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy
2 whatever goes upon 4 legs, or has wings, is a friend
3 no animal shall wear clothes
4 no shall sleep in a bed
5 no animal shall drink alcohol
6 no animal shall kill another animal
7 all animals are equal

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literature in ancient Greece began as what?

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oral tradition

43
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prior to the Iliad, which goddesses were quarreling on the mountain side about who was the most beautiful?

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Athena, Aphrodite, Hera

44
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The murder of animals that confessed to a variety of crimes is representative of what historical event?

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the Russian Purges

45
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The use of exaggeration, ridicule, sarcasm, etc. to draw attention to a problem in society is known as what?

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satire

46
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what body part does Beowulf hang from the rafters of the mead hall?

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his arm

47
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what do the animals work daily to build, even when it;s continually destroyed?

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windmill

48
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what does Achilles do with Hector’s body after his death

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drags it behind his chariot

49
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What is a kenning?

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a short phrase used to describe someone or something

50
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what is a long poem about heroic deeds known as?

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an epic poem

51
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what is a universal theme?

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a moral or lesson from stories that apply across all cultures and eras of time

52
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what is alliteration?

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repetition of the first letter of a string of words

53
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what is an allegory?

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a story that has hidden meaning and works on two levels

54
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what is an allusion?

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a reference to some other piece of history

55
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What is caesura?

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a complete pause in a line of poetry

56
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what is propaganda?

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information, especially of biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

57
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what is said to be the only thing that can destroy the mead hall?

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fire

58
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what is the retirement pasture used for in Animal Farm?

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to grow barley to make beer

59
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What sparked the Trojan War?

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Prince Paris kidnapped Helen of Troy

60
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what was life like under Napoleon’s rule?

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worked hard, starved, life was worse than when Jones owned the farm

61
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where does Grendel go after he is injured by Beowulf?

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his hole at the bottom of the marsh

62
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which animal first realizes that Boxer is being sent to his death in the van?

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Benjamin

63
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Who is believed to authored Beowulf?

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a christian monk

64
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who scops in english history?

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poets

65
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why aren’t the warriors able to kill grendel with their swords?

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he bewitched their weapons

66
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why is Beowulf such an important work in English literature?

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it is the earliest recorded piece of Anglo-Saxon history

67
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why is the anger of Achilles significant in the Iliad?

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It caused him not to fight for most of the story, which led to many Trojan deaths

68
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Animalism

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communism

69
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Boxer

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proletariats

70
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dogs

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KGB

71
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Mollie

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aristocrats

72
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Moses

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religion/russian orthodox church

73
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Mr Fredrick

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Hitler

74
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Mr Jones

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Czar Nicholas III

75
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Mr Pilkington

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Churchill

76
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Napoleon

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Stalin

77
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Old Major

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Karl Marx

78
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pigs in general

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communist party

79
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Snowball

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Trotsky

80
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Squealer

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Pravda and Lenin’s propaganda machine

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