History - People
The emperor was was responsible for changing the religious affiliation of Rome.
Who is Constantine?
From 1455-1487 AD this civil war in England was fought between two noble families with botanical emblems.
What is the War of the Roses?
A cannon fired during Henry VII caused this.
What is the globe theater to burn down?
Who wrote The Eagle of the Ninth?
Who is Rosemary Sutcliff?
A traditional Japanese poem meant to capture the presence of a moment in time through the use of short, unrhymed lines.
What is Haiku?
A descendant of the house of Clovis, this king united much of Europe and set in place a feudal social structure.
Who is Charlemagne?
In 1066, this battle established William the Conqueror as king of England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
The first step in any hero's journey.
What is the call to adventure?
In Perelandra, the name of planet Earth.
What is Malacandra?
The arrangement of events in a story such that they have a beginning, middle, and end.
What is the plot?
To claim his right to the throne, this king had to cross the channel and fight his cousin.
Who is William the Conqueror?
In this battle, a group of 300 spartan soldiers stood in the gap to hold off the Persians long enough for the majority of the Greek army to escape.
What is the Battle of Thermoplylae?
Hamnet, Susanna, and Judith
Who were William Shakespeare's children?
In Perelandra, who said, "But how can one wish any of those waves not to reach us which Maleldil is rolling towards us"? (Mrs. Klingler's favorite quote from the book!)
Who is the Green Lady?
A classic or legendary story that focuses on a hero or event, and explains mysteries of nature or the universe with no true basis in fact.
What is a myth?
Carthage's most important military figure.
Who is Hannibal?
On this day in March 44 BC, a group of jealous conspirators assassinated their emperor.
What is the Ides of March?
Grendel attacks this king nightly then meets a brave hero who fights him off and tears off his arm. Mortally wounded, Grendel returns home where he bleeds to death.
Who is King Hrothgar?
This story, written before Moses wrote the book of Genesis, has been used to discredit the Biblical account of the flood.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
A figure of speech in which a reference is made within a literary work to something outside of the work, most often a historical or literary figure.
What is an illusion?
This emperor of Rome was responsible for the organized persecution of Christians.
Who is Diocletian?
During this war fought from 431-404 BC, the Greek city states fought each other.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
A piece of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, fixed to the doorpost in many Jewish homes.
What is a mezuzah?
This approach to reading the Bible "takes the images of the Bible seriously as something that embodies and communicates truth" (Ryken).
What is a literary approach to the Bible?
Artistry is the ____________ and _____________ of elements in such a way that the author's purposes for the whole are fulfilled.
What are selection and arrangment?