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What dynasty rose from the War of Roses?
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Tudor Dynasty
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Who was Owen Tudor?
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Welshman w/out a claim; marries Catherine of Valois
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Who was Catherine of Valois?
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widow of Henry V (Lancaster)
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Who was Henry VII?
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1st Tudor monarch
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Who did Henry VII defeat at Bosworth field?
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Richard III
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Henry VII marries who?
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Elizabeth of York and unifies both factions
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Describe Elizabeth I.
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granddaughter to Henry VII; last Tudor ruler
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Describe Thomas More.
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diplomat to Netherlands; wrote in Latin (Utopia)
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What famous work did Machiavelli write?
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The Prince(Guide on how power can be gained & kept)
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Describe Martin Luther.
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German professor who preached corruption in Catholic church; sola scriptura and sola fide
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What does sola scriptura and sola fide mean?
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scripture & faith alone
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What is a recusant?
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secretly Catholic
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Who wrote Defense of Poesy?
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Sir Philip Sidney
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Describe Francis Drake.
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poet and later sea captain who defeated Spanish Armada
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Which Queen orders Mary, Queen of Scots' execution?
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Queen Elizabeth
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Noli me tangere means what?
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Don't touch me
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What is the premise of this poem?
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going after a woman you can't have
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What is a hind?
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a female deer
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What kind of poem is this?
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a sonnet
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Who does he compare Caesar to?
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King Henry
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What does the diamond collar refer to?
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refers to nobility or ownership to someone of nobility
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What does sanguine refer to?
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happy, charismatic
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What does Choler refer to?
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anger, sharp, disciplined, impatient
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What does Melancholia refer to?
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arts, thinker & feel deep
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What does Phlegmatic refer to?
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something takes time, thorough, more likely to be late
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What is the meaning of the poem?
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ladies dump guys; guys cry to feel better
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How does Wyatt try to get through a relationship?
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lets it pass
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What does Wyatt not call women even though they are one?
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a liar
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What does he say women are prone to do?
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change their minds
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He says that men often do what after getting dumped?
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talk bad about a woman
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How is this pastoral?
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depicts an ideal image of a rural landscape
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Myrtle refers to what?
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Aphrodite
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Ivy refers to what?
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Dionysus
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What is ever lasting?
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spring time
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What are the empty promises?
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time, work, etc.
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Why is this considered anti-pastoral?
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ever winter
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What is mentioned of men's needs?
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men only want sex
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What never comes out of man?
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truth
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What college was Wyatt educated?
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St. John's College
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What university did Wyatt attend?
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Cambridge
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Wyatt was a what for Henry VIII?
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a clerk
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He was also sent to which two countries on diplomatic reasons?
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France & Netherlands
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Where was he imprisoned?
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Tower of London
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Why was he imprisoned?
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committed adultery with Anne Boleyn
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What does he die of at age 39?
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a fever
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What was a common theme in his poems?
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longing to escape from corruption & anxiety; wanted to live a rural life
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What literary device did he introduce?
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the sonnet
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What is a volta?
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a turn
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What is a sonnet?
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a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter
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Did he ever publish during his life?
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no
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What contained 271 of his poems?
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Songs & Sonnets
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What is adust?
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the sigh of one in love when he thinks of his beloved
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What were the 4 humors?
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black bile, blood, phlegm, yellow bile
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What occupations did he hold?
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knight, soldier, poet, friend, & patron
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How did he die?
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died at 32 while fighting Spanish in Low Countries
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His funeral almost made who bankrupt?
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Francis Walsingham
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Who was his father?
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Henry Sidney(governor of Iceland)
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Where did he go to university and not finish?
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Oxford
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What famous massacre did he witness?
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Who was his sister?
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Mary Herbert; lived at Wilton
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What famous work defended poetry?
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Defense of Poesy
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What was his greatest work?
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Astrophil & Stella
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What genre was he most ambitious in?
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prose fiction
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What university did he attend?
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Cambridge
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He started his career by doing what?
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translating anti-catholic propaganda
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The Shepherd's Calendar was dedicated to who?
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Philip Sidney
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What was his biggest ambition?
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become a great English poet of his age
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What were his political views?
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criticized the monarchy
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What category of work did he write in?
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Renaissance neoplatonism; earthly & practical
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Where did he attend school?
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Stratford Grammar school
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Did he go to a prestigious university?
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no
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Who did he marry at age 18?
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Anne Hathaway who was 26
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Who was his oldest daughter?
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Susanna
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What were the twins' name?
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Hamnet & Judith
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What troupe did he work with?
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the King's Men
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Where did he perform?
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Globe theater
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What indoor London theater does he later perform at?
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Blackfriars
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What was his retirement work?
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the Tempest
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What was a Romance?
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patterns of loss & recovery, suffering & redemption
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Describe the plot of his works.
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adopted techniques; worked w/ well made stories & histories; work is central to human condition
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What college does he attend?
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Corpus Christi
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What university does he attend?
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Cambridge
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How did he get in to the university?
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through scholarship w/out holy orders; maybe an atheist
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What was Tamburlaine about?
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a Mongol warrior rises from humble origins to conquer
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What literary technique does he use frequently?
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blank verse
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How does he die?
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killed in a brawl with a dagger
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Why does he almost not receive his masters degree?
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almost denied for joining English Catholics
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What colony does he help establish?
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Virginia
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What food does he introduce to Ireland?
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potato
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What commodity does he introduce to Europe?
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tobacco
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What was he openly opposed to publishing?
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his poetry
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Where is he imprisoned & why?
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tower of London for treason
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What work does he start while in the prison?
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History of the World
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Which prince of Wales supported him?
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Henry
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Which country pushes for his later execution?
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Spain
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Who imprisoned him?
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King James
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