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Unit 5 - Europe Flashcards

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What is feudalism?

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What is a minstrel?

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All of the following are true of Enlightenment except:

1) It included faith in human reason and skepticism toward religion
2) It was also known as the Age of Ration
3) It stimulated scientific and intellectual inquiry
4) It challenged the divine rights of kings

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Romantic authors believed in the power of….

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Many existentialists concluded that life was essentially…

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What medieval values does Roland represent?

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The main reason the Archbishop tells Roland to sound the horn is so that Charles will…

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All of the following traits characterize Roland as an epic hero except:

1) He fights great battles
2) He makes long, formal speeches
3) He represents values of his people
4) He is larger than life

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Why does Bisclavret’s wife decide to “get rid of” her husband?

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What do the following lines reveal about medieval beliefs about werewolves:
“while his fury is on him
he eats men, does much harm,
goes deep into the forest to live”

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In the following lines, which detail suggests that the battle is of epic proportions?
“The pagans die by hundreds, by thousands:
whoever does not flee finds no refuge from death
like it or not, there he ends all his days”

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In the story, Bisclavret: Lay of the Werewolf, what was Bisclavret’s motivation to bite off his wife’s nose?

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Revenge

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13
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Dante’s version of hell included how many rings?

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Nine

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All of the following statements about Dante are true, except:

1) He is thought to be self-taught
2) He is thought to have married Gemma Donati in the early 1290’s
3) He was exiled from Florence, his native city
4) He wrote his Commedia in Italian
5) All of the above are true

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Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory si

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Virgil

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All of the following are true of the Commedia except:

1) It is written in terza rima
2) It employs allegory
3) It is divided into three major sections
4) It consists of ninety-nine cantos
5) All of the above are true

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17
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Before Dante encounters his guide, he encounters three…

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Beasts

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Which of the following is not true of Dante’s guide through the Inferno?

1) He is a poet
2) He is a pagan
3) He will also guide Dante through paradise
4) He wrote The Aenied

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The first group Dante encounters in hell consists of…

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Those who refused to commit themselves morally in life

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Dante pictures hell as

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Virgil explains to Malacoda that he (Virgil) could not have come this far into hell without

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Dante mentions all of the following sinners in the final canto except

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The last canto ends with an image of

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Federigo attempts to win Monna Giovanna’s heart by

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Monna Giovanna hesitates to ask Federigo for his falcon because she does not want to

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26
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Why does Monna Giovanna marry Federigo?

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27
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What is the theme of Federigo’s Falcon?

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28
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The poem, Russia 1812, is about Napolean’s

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29
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Who or what was responsible for most of the Grand Army’s deaths?

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30
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How does the author of Russia 1812 feel about the campaign and retreat?

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Tolstoy was one of ____’s greatest authors.

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32
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All of the following increases steadily during the story of How Much land does a Man Need, except Pakhom’s

1) yearly crop
2) Land holdings
3) Peace of Mind
4) Economic well-being

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Which is true of all the people in the story who reappear in Pakhom’s dream - the peasant, the dealer, and the Chief?

1) They all lied to Pakhom
2) They all tempted Pakhom
3) Pakhom tricked them all
4) They all tried to save Pakhom from the Devil

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At the end of the story, How much does a Man Need, Pakhom meets with a tragic end because he…

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35
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How much land does a man really need?

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36
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How much land does a Man Need is best classified as which type of literature?

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37
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The lawyer, in the story The Bet, is imprisoned in solitary confinement. How is the banker also imprisoned?

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38
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How is the lawyer’s confinement, in the story The Bet, a kind of death sentence?

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39
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The banker, in the story The Bet, can best be labeled as what kind of character?

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40
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What happens when Gawain strikes the Green Knight with the axe in the story Sir Garwain and the Green Knight?

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41
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Why does Gawain savagely throw away the green griddle in the story Sir Garwin and the Green Knight?

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42
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How does Gawain justify kissing the lady?

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43
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When the wife’s husband, in the story War, tells the other passengers why they are distressed, the wife feels…

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According to the fat man in the story war, what is ture of children?

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While listening to the conversation in the story War, the wife gradually comes to think that other people…

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The story War is best classified as which type of literature

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The central message about life in a literary work

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A long, narrative poem that describes the adventures of a larger0than-life hero

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The reasons a character acts in a certain way

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Actin,objects and people that represent moral qualities or abstract ideas

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The tension of excitement a reader feels about what will happen in a story

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Writing, often humorous, that comments on human flaws and social customs to promote a reform

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A short that can be read on both a surface level and a deeper, more symbolic level

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T/F: Prior to the Renaissance, the church shaped every aspect of people’s lives.

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55
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T/F: Interest in classical civilizations of Greece and Rome contributed to the rise of the Renaissance.

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56
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T/F: Humanists believed there were limits to what humans could achieve.

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57
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T/F: Romanesque architecture featured pointed arches and exterior bracing.

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58
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T/F: The Inferno was originally written in Latin.

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59
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T/F: Realist authors brought attention to the problems of the owrking class.

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60
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T/F: The Inferno is part of a larger piece of literature called The Dramatic Comedy.

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Marie de France was the first famous French female poet.

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