Semester 1 Exam Flashcards
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Sepulchre
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Noun: burial chamber
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Congenial
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Adjective: naturally suited
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Inauspicious
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Adjective: having unfavorable prospects
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Augur
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Verb: to foretell from omens
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Betoken
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Verb: to signal
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Antinomian
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Noun: one who believes salvation requires only faith in God
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Heterodox
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Adjective: having opinions that oppose the church
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Interpose
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Verb: to interject or interrupt
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Abashed
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Adjective: embarrassed
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Evanescent
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Adjective: momentary
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Ignominy
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Noun: disgrace
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Rankle
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Verb: irritate or inflame
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Mien
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Noun: characteristics expressive of attitude
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Contumely
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Noun: harsh language or treatment
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Progenitor
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Noun: direct ancestor
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Sumptuary
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Adjective: relating to laws that control personal behavior
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Emolument
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Noun: payment for a service
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Ascetic
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Adjective: self-denying
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Succor
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Verb: to give or offer relief
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Exhortation
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Noun: persuasive verbal attempt to urge people to take action
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Contumaciously
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Adverb: disobediently
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Phantasmagoric
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Adjective: surreal
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Abate
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Verb: to decrease
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Intervolution
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Noun: a coil or spring
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Peccadillo
Noun: a small sin or fault
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Peccant
Adjective: violating a moral law
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Malinger
Verb: to pretend to be sick
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Malaise
Noun: a sense of unease
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Jocose
Adjective: cheerful
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Fete
Verb: to honor with a banquet
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Bacchic
Adjective: of or related to a wild celebration
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Plaintive
Adjective: sorrowful
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Plaint
Noun: complaint
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Elegiac
Adjective: mourning that which is lost
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Somnolent
Adjective: drowsy
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Quittance
Noun: repayment
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When did Puritans emerge from the Church of England
Mid-1500s
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Whose theology did the Puritans share
John Calvin
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When did Puritanism decline in England
circa 1660
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When did the Puritans settle their various American colonies
Plymouth: 1620s
| Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Rhode Island: 1630s
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What was the Puritans' goal for their culture
To cleanse it of corrupt, sinful practices
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What was the role of civil government in peoples' lives
Strictly enforce public morality
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To whom was membership in the Church limited
The "visibly godly" or elect
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How did one come to be considered elect
Testify to their conversion experience and be deemed worthy by the other members of the church
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Who had to go to church
Everyone
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How did Puritans see God's role in their lives
They believed in predestination, so they thought he had had a plan for each individual person from the beginning of time, and had already chosen the elect before any of them had even been born
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How were the elect supposed to live their lives
With a continued sense of doubt in their own election, continually examining their evidence and living the most virtuous life possible
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How did John Calvin view good works
As the effect of election, not the cause
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Why did Puritans believe in predestination
It gave them a sense of order and meaning in their lives
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When did the Salem witch trials occur
February 1692-May 1693
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How many people died as a result of the Salem witch trials
20, in addition to the 12 who had been executed for witchcraft earlier in the century
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Who was John Hathorne and how is he connected to the Scarlet Letter
Hathorne was one of the main judges of the Salem witch trials, and unlike the other judge never repented his actions. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's direct ancestor, and Hawthorne may have changed the spelling of his name to distance himself from the judge
53
Briefly explain the story of Plato's Allegory of the Cave
~A group of people are born and raised in a cave facing a wall, never able to turn and see the opening
~Other people move mannequins behind them, casting shadows on the cave wall
~If the people are allowed to turn around they can see the mannequins, but they can never see the real living things the mannequins represent
54
Briefly explain the meaning behind Plato's allegory of the cave
~There are perfect forms in heaven of what humans call Justice, Freedom, etc.
~Humans see shadows of the forms, which is what they are talking about when they use the words "Justice" and "Freedom"
~Philosophers can tell the difference between the shadows and the real forms and get closer to reality through meditation
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Briefly describe the diagram for Plato's allegory of the cave
A right triangle with an eye (humans) on the bottom left, shadows of the forms on the right, and True Forms/Ideals on the top.
~Arrow between eye and shadows "What humans see"
~Arrow between shadows and Forms "philosophers know the difference"
~Arrow between eye and Forms "Through meditation humans can get closer"
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Huck Finn publication date
December 1884
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Scarlet Letter publication date
1850
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Moby Dick publication date
October 1851
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My antonia publication date
1918
