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St. Augustine's book The Confessions is one of the earliest known versions of what kind of literature?
Autobiography
100
Maimonides was the first person to write a ________ ________ or all Jewish law.
Systematic Code
100
What value/characteristic did the Norse culture value most in their leaders?
Intelligence
100
True or False: Hrothgar was a good host
True
100
Beowulf was king of the _______
Geats
200
What rank did St. Augustine achieve in the Church?
Bishop
200
Maimonides book explaining the teachings of the Torah was called
Mishna Torah
200
In 1220, Snorri Struluson composed this as an attempt to give a rational explanation for mythological and legendary events.
Prose Edda
200
Herot symbolizes
Heaven on Earth
200
Grendel and his mother are said to be decendants of ______
Cain
300
Book One of The Confessions is primarily about what part of St. Augustine's life?
His childhood through adolescence
300
Maimonides was the first Jewish thinker whose teachings influenced the ___________ world
non-Jewish
300
In Norse mythology, what did the gods need to eat daily in order to keep their eternal youth?
an apple
300
For how many years did Beowulf reign before the dragon awoke?
50
300
The group of knights who swore allegience to the king and carried out blood vengence when a member of their group was wronged is called
Comitatus
400
Which religious concept/belief did St. Augustine introduce into Christian doctrine?
Original Sin
400
In The Guide to the Perplexed, Maimonides tries to explain many difficult religious ideas to other members of the Jewish community who had also studied natural philosophy and were therefore perplexed. He addresses all of the following ideas except which one: Divine Attributes, Existence of God, Creation, Prophecy and Immortality, the Problem of Evil, The Law, Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
400
According to Struluson, the Norse ancestors were derived from this place, and were displaced north after the war.
Troy
400
In literary terms, a kenning is _____________
When two words are combined to refer to some other related word
400
What is it called when you let the world know who you are, who your noble parents are, what great feats you have accomplished and what you plan to do? This was perfectly polite, even expected in the Norse culture.
A boast
500
What three reasons compelled St. Augustine to write The Confessions?
To prove he was a faithful Catholic; to prove he was no longer a Manichee; to explain how he came to God
500
Autobiographical writing is required to be written in this kind of narration
First person narration
500
What do we strive to avoid in our writing?
Cliches
500
Beowulf is able to gain access past the coast guard by relying on what?
His reputation
500
Which two former kings were sung about by the scop in order to show Beowulf what kind of man he should and should not be?
Siegmund and Hermod