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12 Cards in this Set
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Who was the second battle with?
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Grendals mother
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Where does the second battle take place?
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In a lake located in a swamp
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In 1790, the first U.S stock exchange was established in what city?
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Philidelphia
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What sword did Beowulf use against Grendals mother?
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The sword Hrunting
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Who did Beowulf decapitate during the second battle?
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Both Grendal and its mother
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Who is CT's BADBOY?
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Erik "the Chick" Boyer
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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
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the Anglo-Saxons
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Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
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French
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What is a kenning?
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A figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
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Litotes
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understatement, especially that in whichan affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”
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When was Beowulf thought to be composed?
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first half of the 8th century
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From what time periods did Angelo-Saxon literature span?
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CB 43 A.D - CB 1485 A.D
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