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Quiz 3 Flashcards

1
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who was PM & Deputy PM at time of 9/11

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Tony Blair & John Prescott

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2
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Buildings hit in 9/11

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World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania

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3
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Byzantine business

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something is very complicated, secret, and hard to understand

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4
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3 members of administration under stress

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O’Neill, Rumsfield, Powell

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5
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what happened at camp david

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ruralretreat in maryland blair and bush met

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what is the G8

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group of advanced economies that meet annually to discuss global issues: energy, terrorism, and crises (meeting genoa italy)

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Kyoto Agreement

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intl treaty setting legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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8
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pauline conversion

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the conversion of Paul the Apostle to Christianity. any life-changing event that significantly alters one’s views

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9
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chequers

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country home of the serving Prime Minister

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10
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David Manning

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foreign policy adviser to Blair

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mayor 9/11

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Rudolph Giuliani

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12
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where was prince charles during 9/11

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shooting at balmoral. prince andrew

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13
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uk in/with NY

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promoting british business in NY

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14
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what is article 5 of nato

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if one or more NATO members are attacked, each member will provide assistance as they deem necessary

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15
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alasair campbell

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former journalist turned strategist and spokesman for Tony Blair and New Labour

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16
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what was bush goingt o read at the church service

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thornton wild the bridge at san luis rey

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17
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Head-stave

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the first word that receives full stress in the second half-line in a line of Old English poetry. The head-stave determines the alliteration for the entire line.

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18
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Act I, Scene 1, lines 135-139

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Peace, Kent

Come not between the dragon and his wrath.

I loved her most and thought to set my rest

On her kind nursery. (To Cordelia.) Hence and avoid

my sight!—

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19
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kents disguise name

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Caius

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20
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“Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law

My services are bound.”

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Edmund feels more aligned with nature than societal standards.

Edmund figuratively asks Nature why society sees him as inferior to his brother Edgar because he is illegitimate.
He invokes “nature” because only in the natural world can one of such low birth achieve his goals.
The laws of nature are different to the laws of society - survival of the fittest.

he later says that men uses heavenly forces as an excuse to be villainous “we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars”

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21
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blank verse

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poetry that has unrhymed lines that are all in the same meter. The meter is usually iambic pentameter, which is made up of five iambs. Iambs are groups of two syllables that follow an “unstressed-stressed” pattern.

22
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Sigemund digression

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Earliest known account of the Volsung saga; Sigemund the first to slay a dragon; comparison between the two warriors; Beowulf’s life a reflection of his predecessor; fame and fortune through courage; have to be courageous to be a hero

23
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enkidu

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Companion and friend of Gilgamesh. Hairy-bodied and brawny, he was raised by animals. Even after he joins the civilized world, he retains many of his undomesticated characteristics. He looks much like Gilgamesh and is almost his physical equal. He aspires to be Gilgamesh’s rival but instead becomes his soul mate.

24
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Humbaba

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The fearsome demon who guards the Cedar Forest forbidden to mortals. Humbaba’s seven garments produce an aura that paralyzes with fear anyone who would withstand him.
In his very last moments he acquires personality and pathos, when he pleads cunningly for his life.

25
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Bull of Heaven

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sent by Ishtar and Anu down to Earth to harm Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Killed by them, then Enkidu is killed as punishment.

26
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Ishtar

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goddess of love and fertility and war

27
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volsunga saga

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Old Norse epic saga that recounts the legendary saga of the Volsungs, a mythic Norse family

King Siggeir of the Goths
Went to meet Volsung and prayed to wife his daughter signy
Signy weds king Siggeir and he becomes king
There is a feast
There is a tree
A man unknown to all men comes in and sinks his sword into the tree
Sigmund, Signy and Siggeir’s son pulls it loose
Sigmund offends Siggeir and they are attacked and ties to oak tree
Nine nights came the she-wolf of at midnight and kills the brethren one by one
On the Tenth night the she wolf does not kill Sigmund
Sigmund bites off her tongue and kills her
Some say the she-wolf was the mother of king Siggeir

28
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In what century is the play set?

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8th century bc

29
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Which characters speak in a language rich in imagery?
Which characters do not?

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the fool, cordelia

30
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I stumbled when I saw

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gloucester led by an old man - when he had his sight, he was unable to see the deceit of his younger son

31
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king cole

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King Cole, theoretically around the time of King Leir

32
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date for gilgamesh

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2100 BC

33
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gilg setting

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uruk

34
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Prologue and paean.

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King Gilgamesh tyrannizes the people ofUruk, who complain
to the gods. To divert his superhuman energies the gods create his counterpart,
the wild man Enkidu, who is brought up by the animals of the wild. Enkidu is
spotted by a trapper, who lures him away from the herd with a prostitute. The
prostitute shows him her arts and proposes to take him to Uruk, where Gilgamesh
has been seeing him in dreams.

35
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Eanna

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Eanna was a temple complex dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, who was the goddess of love, fertility, and war

36
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gilg mortal?

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two-thirds of him god and one third human.

37
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enkidus creation

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The goddess Aruru, she washed her hands,
took a pinch of clay, threw it down in the wild
In the wild she created Enkidu, the hero,

38
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the harlot

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shamhat

39
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dreams

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Gilgamesh in Uruk was seeing you in dreams.
he also dreamed of an axe in the town square

40
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g’s mother

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(Wild-Cow) ninsun

41
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homoeroticism in gilgamesh

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They kissed each other and formed a friendship.

42
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anu

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father of ishtar

43
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how did the bull of heaven kill enkidu

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it snorted three pits to hell

44
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who is Ur-shanabi

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Uta-napishti’s ferryman,

45
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how to gain immortality

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go without sleep for a week

46
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coral

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Uta-napishti tells Gilgamesh how, deep under the sea, a
plant-like coral grows that has the property of rejuvenation
Stopping at a
welcoming pool, Gilgamesh bathes in its water, and a snake seizes on his
inattention to steal the precious ‘plant

47
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gilg language

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Found on tablets in Akkadian language - but possibly a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk

48
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unmovic

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United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

49
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1441

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gave Iraq a final chance to comply with its disarmament obligations and established an enhanced inspection regime

50
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rice

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secretary of state - later presidents national security advisor

51
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Sigmund is introduced as the son of Volsung, a legendary king.

Encounter with Fafnir: Sigmund and his brother, Signy, set out to slay the dragon Fafnir and claim its treasure.
During the battle with Fafnir, Signy is killed, and Sigmund is gravely wounded.
Despite his injuries, Sigmund continues to fight and eventually defeats the dragon.
Death of Sigmund: Sigmund dies shortly after defeating Fafnir, succumbing to his wounds.

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