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65 Cards in this Set
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William Wallace country
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Scotland
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Land's End
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England
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Predominantly Catholic
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Ireland
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coal mining was a major industry
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Wales
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a completely Protestant country
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Nothern Ireland
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home of fairies, elves, and magicians
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Wales
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city famous for white cliffs
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Dover
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prehistoric megalith
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Stonehenge
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most visited attraction in England
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Tower of London
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site of the Norman conquest
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Hastings
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seat of the Church of England
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Canterbury
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the royal residence in London
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Buckingham Palace
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Poet's Corner is located here
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Westminister abbey
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oldest university
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oxford university
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Robin Hood lived here
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Sherwood Forest
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The large clock famous in London is?
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Big Ben
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The official Head of State is?
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Queen Elizabeth II
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The Chunnel is a tunnel connecting?
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England & France
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the personifaction of evil
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Grendel
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king of the Danes
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Hrothgar
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king of the Geats
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Higlac
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drink fermented from honey
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mead
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greatest of mead halls
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Herot
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Beowulf's people
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Geats
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strongest of men
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Beowulf
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flexible body armor
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mail
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Beowulf's sword
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Hrunting
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Beowulf was first composed in?
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Latin
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A long dangerous journey or mission is?
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Quest
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Beowulf travels to Herot to?
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Cleanse it by an heroic deed
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How can you tell that Beowulf is a legendary hero?
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he is larger than life and is remembered in tales from long ago.
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Beowulf uses what to kill Grendel?
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his hands
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Grendel begins him torment of the men at the hall because he is?
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annoyed by the happiness and singing of the warriors
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Grendel is a direct descendant of?
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Cain
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Grendel can't be injured by weapons because?
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his body is protected by magic
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Beowulf defeats Grendel by?
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ripping his arm, shoulder and all, off and hanging it on the rafters
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Grendel and his mother live deep below the?
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lake
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Grendel's mother is able to destroy Beowulf's?
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helmet
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Beowulf manages to kill Grendel's mother using?
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a massive sword on the wall
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In fighting the dragon Beowulf feels no shame in doing what?
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using shield and sword
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What is a possible theme of Beowulf?
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Good always triumphs in the end
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dishonest man who liked to cheat him customers; red beard; wart on end of his nose
played the bagpipes and led them out of town |
Miller
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well traveled woman who had been married 5 times; gap teeth; likes to laugh
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wife of bath
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boiled chicken with many flavors; could identify every ale by taste
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cook
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tan from summer sun; owned La Maudelayne
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Skipper
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greasy face, bald, and fat; sleeves trimmed with fur; owned dogs & stables
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Monk
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extremely poor and thin; spent all of this money on book & not food
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Oxford Cleric
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fat with pale skin; wore fine cap; comfortable around the wealthy; named Hubert.
played the hurdy-gurdy and harp; best beggar in area |
Friar
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part of the rising middle class; married; opportunistic
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Guildsman
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vain; gray eyes; small lips, wide forehead; acted as though she had a fine breeding
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Prioress
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respected in his trade; greedy; godless; familiar with astronomy and astrology
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Doctor
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ideal worker and christian; loved God; lowest ranking pilgrim
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Plowman
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red, fat face; black, scabby eyebrows; pimply; feared by children
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Summoner
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old and thin; no muscles; rode a horse names Scot; stole money from his Lord
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Reeve
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a good and noble man; modest; fought in the Crusades
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Knight
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beardless with yellow hair in locks; effeminate; sang and preched with honey-tongued
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Pardoner
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average height buy physicalle fit; wore red and white flowers; romantic; 20 years old
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Squire
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white beard and hair; carried a dagger; loved wine and food; lived for pleasure
model of landed gentry; all were welcome at his table |
Franklin
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wore a green coat with hood and a St. Christopher's medal; carried a longbow and shield
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Yeoman
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The pilgrims are going visit the tomb of?
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Thomas a Becket
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The pilgrimage takes place in the month of?
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April
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Whom do the pilgrims agree to set up as judge over themselves?
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the host
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Chaucer's main them in the Proloque is?
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the great variety of human nature
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During the 100 Years' War, Chaucer?
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was captured
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What was the Host's name?
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Harry Bailey
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