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Character that embodies England’s greatest Legend

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King Aurthur

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During whose reign did learning, literacy and literature advance in Anglo Saxon times

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Alfred the Great

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What genre is Beowulf?

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Oral Epic

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The Anglo-Saxon term for fate is…

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Wyrd

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Epics traditionally are..

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Didactic

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One evidence of the mixing of pagan and Christian elements in Beowulf is…

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..the assertion that wyrd is providence

Wyrd = Providence

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Beowulf mortally wounds Grendel by..

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tearing off his arm

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What was the original purpose of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

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To inform

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How do transitional phrases help a text accomplish its purpose?

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They add clarity and organization to the text’s structure.

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What king was responsible for the initiation of the Domesday Survey?

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William I

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According to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which word best describes William the Conqueror as a ruler?

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Severe

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In Sir Gawain, what does the pentangle symbolize about Gawain?

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Faithfulness

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In Sir Gawain, what is the significance of the five points on the pentangle?

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They represent the five aspects of Gawain’s virtue.

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In Sir Gawain, by continuing to wear a green sash, what does every Round Table knight commemorate?

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The frailty of human hearts and the virtue of humility

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What is the most famous form of poetry from the Tudor era?

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Sonnet

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In Europe, the sonnet was originally popularized by

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Petrarch

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What imaginative Englishman imitated Petrarch’s poetry and ultimately introduced the sonnet into English?

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Wyatt

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Who invented blank verse and developed the English sonnet form?

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Surrey

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The typical sonnet line has how many poetie feet?

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five

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The speaker of Wyatt’s “Farewell, Love” decides that his romantic love

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is not worth the trouble it causes.

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The following words end the lines in “Farewell, Love.” Given the rhyme scheme created, what form does the poem follow? “forever,” “more,” “lore,” “endeavour,” “persever,” “sore,” “store,” “lever,”
”hearts,” “authority,” “property,” “darts,” “time,” “climb”

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Italian sonnet

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In “farewell, love and all thy laws forever “ what figurative device does Wast use in referring to Love?

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apostrophe

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What was the true reason for the speaker’s success in Sidney’s Sonnet 41 (“Having this day my horse”)?

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his sweet’s presence

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Spenser’s Sonnet 68 (“Most glorious Lord”) celebrates Christ’s

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resurrection

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How does Spenser’s Amoretti differ from Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella in content?

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Spenser celebrates courtship and marriage, and Sidney speaks of lost love.

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Where is Spenser’s Sonnet 75 (“One day I wrote her name”) from Amoretti set?

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on the seashore

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The major virtue praised in Sonnet 116 (“Let me not to the marriage of true minds”) is

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constancy

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What literary device is used in the following except from Holy Sonnet 14?
“Bend your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new.”

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alliteration

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What figurative expression is in the following excerpt from Holy Sonnet 14? “For I, / Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, / Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.”

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paradox

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What process does “Jordan (2)” refer to and illustrate throughout the poem?

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writing poetry

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31
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In “Love (3),” whom does Love represent?

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God

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32
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In “The Pulley,” the main comparison uses a basic tool to illustrate

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God’s relationship with humanity

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33
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In “Song to Celia,” what does the speaker ask Celia to leave in the cup?

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a kiss

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34
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Which of the following poems is an elegy?

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“On My First Son”

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According to “On My First Son,” what is Jonson’s “best piece of poetry”?

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his son, Ben Jonson

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This author influenced and possibly collaborated with Shakespeare and was a credible dramatist in
his own right.

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Christopher Marlowe

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This writer was well-known for his preaching; his poetry was admired by his peers but did not gain
wide recognition until the early twentieth century

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John Donne

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This first poet laureate of England created poetry that embraced classical ideals of simplicity,
restraint, and precision.

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Ben Jonson

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39
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This rural Anglican minister wrote some of the finest devotional poetry in English.

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George Herbert

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This English adventurer soared high in his political career, achieving the position of Captain of the Queen’s Guard, but was beheaded during the reign of James I.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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the pattern of end rhyme found in a poem or stanza

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rhyme scheme

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a mode of writing set in an idealized rural life usually populated by shepherds and shepherdesses

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pastoral

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43
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Latin for “seize the day,” refers to the classic theme to take pleasures where you can because life is
short-

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carpe diem

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a sonnet made of an octave and a sestet in which the octave presents a problem, and the sestet answers or resolves it -

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Italian sonnet

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the repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

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a statement that seems to contradict itself and thus draws readers attention to its underlying truth-

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a metaphor, often extended, that draws a parallel between highly dissimilar objects or concepts-

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blank verse???! Nooooo
Conceit 

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the addressing of some non-personal or absent object as if it were able to reply-

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apostrophe

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a type of lyric poem classically comprising fourteen lines in iambic pentameter -

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sonnet

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the giving of personal characteristics to something that is not a person-

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personification

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unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter-

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blank verse

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a sonnet containing three quatrains and a couplet; quatrains usually develop a topic and then couplets
resolve it or comment on it-

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English sonnet

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a type of short poem from classical poetry that dealt with one subject and was noted for wit,
pithiness, and balanced, polished style -

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epigram

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a rhythmic pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line -

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meter

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a reference to poems that are typically brief, personal, and emotional, presenting the speaker’s thoughts and feelings from his own perspective -

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lyric poetry

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ten-syllable lines consisting of five iambic feet, an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable-

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iambic pentameter

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In what two primary ways did medieval English literature engage with society?

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It preserved English cultural values and strengthened communal relationships.

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Which of the following works is not one of the great masterpieces of Middle English Poetry?

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Everyman

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59
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Who is known as the Father of English History?

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Bede

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60
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Why was Bede given the title, “venerable?”

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Bede was outstandingly pious and scholarly.

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Who is the oldest known English poet?

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Caedmon

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Who recorded one of the oldest existing Old English poems?

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Bede

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What two principles of aesthetics do many short lyric poems rely upon?

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Unity and progression

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In Bede’s History, the most accurate description of Caedmon is that he was…

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A humble, uneducated man who had the gift of versifying Scripture.

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65
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What character embodies England’s greatest legend? -

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King Arthur

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66
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The subject of “Caedmon’s Hymn” is…

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Creation

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During whose reign did learning, literacy, and literature advance in Anglo-Saxon times? -

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Alfred the Great

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What genre is Beowulf? -

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oral epic

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How does Caedmon’s hymn show the quality of progression?

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Its images move from heaven to earth

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The Anglo-Saxon term for fate is -

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wyrd

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71
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Epics are traditionally -

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didactic

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Which ballad or song celebrates Christ’s birth?

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“I Sing of a Maiden”

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One evidence of the mixing of pagan and Christian elements in Beowulf is -

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the assertion that wyrd is providence.

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74
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What is the theme of “Sir Patrick Spens?”

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Injustice

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Beowulf mortally wounds Grendel by -

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tearing off his arm.

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76
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What was the original purpose of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?-

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to inform

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In Revelations of Divine Love, Julian interprets her sickness as…

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An answer to her prayer

78
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Which of the following is not a type of medieval drama?

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Memorial play

79
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Who is the only steadfast companion of Everyman?

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Good Deeds

80
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Who is known as the Father of English Poetry?

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Geoffrey Chaucer

81
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Which of the following images is not used by Julian to picture a spiritual truth?

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She compares God to a medicine used to heal people

82
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The original plan for The Canterbury Tales project about how many stories?

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120

83
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In what season of the year does “The Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales begin?

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Spring

84
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Which of the following is not true of the medieval work Piers Plowman?

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It called for English peasants to gain more legal representation

85
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Chaucer’s presentation of human society in The Canterbury Tales is set against what backdrop in the first 40 lines of “The Prologue?”

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Nature

86
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In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s description of the Prioress that “She was… by no means under grown” indicates what about her?

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She is overweight and therefore likely rich

87
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Methods of organizing information in a nonfiction text

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Text structures

88
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A biography of a saint

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Hagiography

89
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The ridiculing of a person, group, or institution in order to provoke corrective change in the beliefs or behaviors of those involved

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Satire

90
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A brief, fanciful tale in which animals act like humans and that embodies a moral

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Beast fable

91
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A larger, unifying situation or story that provides structure to smaller narrative within its overarching tale

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Frame tale

92
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Verbal cues that guide readers through a writer’s train of thought to reinforce a greater pattern within the text

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Signal words

93
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An issue or circumstances that violate a reader’s expectations

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Situational irony

94
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A type of broad, highly exaggerated comedy

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farce

95
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The use of dialogue, description, or action to reveal a character to the reader

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indirect characterization

96
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Created with quatrains, the first and third lines have four stresses and no rhyme; the second and fourth have three stresses and rhyme

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Ballad stanza

97
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A situation in which a speaker means something other than what he says

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verbal irony

98
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How do transitional phrases help a text accomplish its purpose? -

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They add clarity and organization to the text’s structure.

99
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According to The Anglo-Saxon Chronidle, what heroic quality does Alderman Eadric lack the most?-

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loyalty

100
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A line, part of a line, or group of lines repeated throughout a song

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refrain

101
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What king was esponsible for the intation of the Domesday Survey?-

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William I

102
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According to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which word best describes William the Conqueror as a ruler? -

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severe

103
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In sir Gawain, what does tie pentangle symbolize about Gavain? -

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faithfulness

104
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The telling of an allegorical story representing a spiritual theme or truth

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Morality play

105
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In Sir Gawain, what is the significance of the five points on the pentangle?-

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They represent the five aspects of Gawain’s virtue.

106
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In sir Gawain, by continuing to wear a green sash, what does every Round Table knight commemorate?-

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the frailty of human hearts and the virtue of humility

107
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The imitation of an author’s style for comic effect

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parody

108
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Which of the following statements about the evolution of the King Arthur legend is not true?-

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The Germans added the gallant Lancelot to the Round Table.

109
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In Le More d’Arther what event most clearly establishes King Arthur as a Christ figure? -

A

his death

110
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A narrative poem of common origin, intended to be sung and consisting of simple stanzas usually with a refrain; presenting dramatic, engaging stories in a compressed form

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Folk ballad

111
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In LeMore d’Arthur what is the name of King Arthur’s sword?-

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Excalibur

112
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The attitude an author has toward his subject that readers are meant to share

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Tone

113
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in texts, cues thar indicate main ideas and supporting points or show how these poins relate to each other-

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transitional phrase

114
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along, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero of legend-

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epic

115
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Descriptions based on sense perceptions using figurative language to convey those perceptions

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Imagery

116
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a poetic narative focused on courtly life and a knighly code of chivalry, involving a knightly quest and magical elements-

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romance

117
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unrhymed, conventional Old English verse form, incorporating stresses and caesuras and using words’ initial sounds to structure its lines-

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alliterative verse

118
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something in a story- usually an object, character, or setting that carries meaning or significance in addition to itself-

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symbol

119
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A reflective address to church laity that is written to encourage individuals to deepen their devotion to God

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Devotional literature

120
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a relationship of mutual respect and friendship in which a tribal leader protects and provides for his followers, who in turn pledge their loyalty and support in battle-

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comitatus bond

121
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A device in Germanic oral poetry, communicating an indirect metaphor using a compound expression-

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kenning

122
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Dramatizes stories from Church saints’ lives

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Miracle play

123
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The author’s use of explicit statements to tell the reader about a character

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Direct characterization

124
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a record of a placo’s or group’s history, organized by time and woven into a unified narrative-

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chronicle

125
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A tale that treats a trivial subject in heroic terms

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Mock epic

126
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a pagan Germanic concept functioning as a determiner in human affairs-

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wyrd

127
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a character who resembles lesus Christ in characterization or function within a story-

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Christ figure

128
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A cycle of short plays depicting biblical stories meant to be performed together

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Mystery play

129
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the use of new, ofen grammatically parallel phrases to elaborate on something just stated-

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variation

130
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the mental view or outlook influencing an account of a story-

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perspective

131
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beliefs or thinking that preclude fairness in judgment-

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bias

132
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“Singing as he was, or fluting all the day; / He was as fresh as is the month of May”

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Squire

133
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a supposedly historial story that is populatly believed but that laoks actual evidence-

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legend

134
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instructive works of literature-

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didactic

135
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“At meat her manners were well taught withal; / No morsel from her lips did she let fall.”

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Prioress

136
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“And He would gladly learn, and gladly teach”

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Cleric

137
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“He so had set / His wits to work, none knew he was in debt.”

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Merchant

138
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“Nowhere there was so busy a man as he; / But was less busy that he seemed to be.”

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Lawyer

139
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“But what a pity - so it seemed to me, / That he should have an ulcer on his knee.”

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Cook

140
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“In company she liked to laugh and chat / And knew the remedies for love’s mischances.”

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Wife of Bath

141
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“First following the word before he taught it / And it was from the gospel he had caught it. / This little proverb he would add thereto / That if gold rust, what then will iron do?”

A

Parson

142
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“And, as the gospel bade him, so did he, / Loving God best with all his heart and mind.”

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Plowman

143
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“Black, scabby brows he had, and a thin beard. / Children were afraid when he appeared.”

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Summoner

144
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“He kept the gold he won in pestilences. / Gold stimulates the heart, or so we’re told.”

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Doctor

145
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“No bailiff, serf, or herdsman dared to kick, / He knew their dodges, knew their every trick.”

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Reeve

146
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“His house positively snowed with meat and drink / And all the dainties that man could think.”

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Franklin

147
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The folloving excerpt fom The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reveals whatabout the writer?.
“Then the Scandinavian army at once went to London and besieged the town from the outside and fought strongly against it both by water and by land, but Almighty God delivered it.”

A

perspective

148
Q

The following except from Beowulfexemplife whatconventional Old English verse form? “Then,
when darkness had dropped, Grendel / Went up to Hero, wondering what the warriors / Would do in that hall when their drinking was done.”

A

alliterative verse

149
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Calling Grendel the “shadow of death” exemplifies wha kind of Anglo-Saxon poetic feature?-

A

kenning

150
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“If, when he fought, the enemy vessel sank, / He sent his prisoners home; they walked the plank.”

A

Skipper

151
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Phrases from Beowulf such as “he famous ring-giver,» *the bracelet-wearing queen,” and
“Edgetho’s brave son” exemplify what kind of Anglo-Saxon poetic feature?

A

stock epithet

152
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In Sir Gawain and the Green Knigh, ine color grun, a pentangl, and the green girdie an all
examples of what literary feature?

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symbol

153
Q

“He was an easy man in penance-giving / Where he could hope to make a decent living”

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Friar

154
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In Beowulf when Hrothgar offers a huge banquet after the building of Herot Hall, such generosity reveals his dedication to what kind of relationship between him and his followers?

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comitatus

155
Q

What literary term refers to opening a narrative in the middle of the story’s action?

A
  • in medias res
156
Q

The following lines from Beowulf exemplify what Anglo-Saxon poetic device?
“Their weapons and armor are nobly / Worked- these men are no beggars”

A

litotes

157
Q

“He was of sovereign value in all eyes. / And though so much distinguished, he was wise”

A

Knight

158
Q

The following quotation from Beowulf exemplifies what aspect of Anglo-Saxon culture and
perspective?
“Fate will unwind as it must!”

A

wyrd

159
Q

The foloving cxcampt fom Peomit/foxamplies wha incion of Ang lo-Saxon Literatures?
“Hail / to those who will rise to God, drop off / Their dead bodies and seek our Father’s peace!”

A

didactic

160
Q

The following phrases used in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle exemplify what technique of clear
writing?
“then,” “afterwards,” “then before,” and “when”

A

transitional phrases

161
Q

What tern refers to a perspective that precludes fames in judgment?

A

bias

162
Q

Because they developed from an oral tradition but lacked factual evidence, the Arthurian tales are classified as what kind of literature?

A

legend

163
Q

In Le Morte d’Arthur, the character of Arthur is comparable to a real person in his characterization and narrative function; the similarity is particularly obvious regarding Arthur’s death. What is the term for this literary concept?

A

Christ figure

164
Q

“His head was like a nut, his face wears brown. / He knew the whole of woodcraft up and down.”

A

Lawyer

165
Q

“On one short day, in money down, he drew / More than the parson in a month or two”

A

Pardoner

166
Q

“He used to watch the market most precisely / And got in first, and so he did quite nicely.”

A

Manciple

167
Q

“HIs mighty mouth was like a furnace door. / His was a master-hand at stealing grain.”

A

Miller

168
Q

Bacon makes use of what tool of wit and compression in the following excerpt from his “Of Studies?” “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”

A

Aphorism

169
Q

What kind of rhetorical device does the 1611 KJV feature in the following excerpt? “Blessed are the poore in spirit… Blessed are they that mourne… Blessed are the meeke.”

A

Anaphora

170
Q

In his speech in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Cranmer surprisingly declares that his true faith is…

A

Biblical Christianity

171
Q

Which decree officially divorced England from the Roman Catholic Church?

A

The Act of Supremacy

172
Q

The following excerpt from Elizabeth I’s speech explosives what rhetorical device? “Not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory.”

A

Parallelism

173
Q

The phrasing of the title of the marriage ceremony in The Book of Common Prayer indicates what about the ritual?

A

Marriage is a serious undertaking

174
Q

Book 1 of The Faerie Queene uses the journey of the Red Cross Knight to address the maturing of what character quality?

A

Holiness

175
Q

Elizabeth I’s religious policy is best described as…

A

Moderate

176
Q

How did the exploratory nature of humanism during the Renaissance affect language in English culture?

A

Explorations encouraged creativity within the English language and borrowings from other languages.

177
Q

How did society’s focus change between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

A

It changed from a focus on the communityand the spiritual world to man as an individual and earthly life.

178
Q

The leading English humanist and defender of the Roman Catholic Church during the Tudor period was

A

Sir Thomas More

179
Q

The following excerpt from Bacon’s “Of Studies” illustrates his effective use of repetition with what specific tool?

A

Tricolon

180
Q

During the Renaissance, what even most significantly expanded the number and classes of readers?

A

The arrival of the printing press

181
Q

Which character in The Faerie Queene represents reason?

A

The dwarf

182
Q

What literary element is evident in the following excerpt from the 1611 Authorized Version of Scripture? “Blessed are the poore in spirit: for theirs is the kingdome of heaven.”

A

Paradox

183
Q

The Book of Common Prayer was commissioned by ____, and it was unique because it was written in ____and it absented key ____ doctrines.

A

Edward VI, English, Catholic

184
Q

Under which English monarch was the first Authorized Version of Scripture compiled?

A

King James I

185
Q

Which author from this unit rose to prominence in the court of James I only to fall into disgrace for taking bribes and endured imprisonment in the Tower of London?

A

Sir Francis Bacon

186
Q

Executed by beheading, this author had a reputation as being the most leamed layman ofhis day and a thorough humanist and defender of Catholicism -

A

Sir Thomas More

187
Q

The first Englishwoman to publish poems for the public, this poet produced a work that comments on ideas about and treatment of women; she was the first Englishwoman to publish a long religious poem. -

A

Amelia Lanier

188
Q

One of England’s greatest posts, this author blended elements of classical works, literary traditions, and folklore, boasting four diverse masterpieces.

A
  • Edmund Spenser
189
Q

This monarch helped to define a sense of English national identity and expertly balanced opposing religious, social, governmental, and personal forces.

A

Elizabeth I

190
Q

This cupbearer to Queen Elizabeth I was interested in an array of subjects and published in a variety of genres prose fiction, literary criticism, sonnets, etc.); his works were published posthumously.

A

Sir Philip Sidney

191
Q

This Father of Modern Science is likely best known for establishing a new approach to pursuing knowledge; he advocated for the direct observation of nature.

A
  • Sir Francis Bacon*
192
Q

An English minister and historian, this author is famous for one major work about Christian martyrs (primarily those who died under Queen Mary’s rule); as a historian, his use of primary sources was ahead of his time.

A
  • John Foxe

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