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39 Cards in this Set
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____ wrote "The Eagle."
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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____ spoke to Job from a whirlwind.
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God
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____men sailed on the Kon-Tiki. |
Six
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____wrote "Two Ancient Indian Fables." |
Wiliam Carey
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____ is considered the oldest book in the Bible.
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Job |
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry often wrote about his experiences during his career as a ____.
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pilot
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____ was the Sumerian "Noah" figure.
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Utnapishtim
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The name of the friend whose death Gilgamesh mourned was ____.
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Enkidu
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____ said "though he slay me, yet I will trust in him."
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Job
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Who was the captain of the Kon-Tiki?
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Thor Heyerdahl
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The crew of the Kon-Tiki sailed 4,000 miles to prove that is was possible to sail from South America to ____?
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Polynesia
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A ____ is the physical background against which the events of a story take place.
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setting
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A ____ long, narrative poem which presents characters and action of heroic population.
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epic
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"We are from one nest. only he has learned to talk like his master; I like mine."
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"Two Ancient Indian Fables"
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"Once or twice this side of death things can make one hold his breath."
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"Crystal Moment"
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"Oh, give us the pleasure in the flowers today."
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"A Prayer in Spring"
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"There would be more than ocean-water broken before God's last Put out the Light was spoken."
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"Once by the Pacific"
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"Insculped and embossed,
With His hammer of the wind, And His graver of the frost." |
"To a Snow-flake"
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"We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing
That the skies are clear and grass is growing." |
"What Is So Rare as a Day in June?"
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"He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands" |
"The Eagle"
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"A Prayer in Spring"
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Robert Frost
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"Crystal Moment"
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Robert P Tristram Coffin
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"To Build a Fire"
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Jack London
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"Angus McGregor"
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Lew Sarett
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"Lost in the Sahara"
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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"Once by the Pacific"
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Robert Frost
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"What Is So Rare as a Day in June?"
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James Russell Lowell
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Where did Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's plane crash?
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the Sahara Desert
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What is the single most important factor that binds men together as human beings?
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language
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How much did the ornithologist offer Sylvia to take him to the nest of the bird he wanted?
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$10 |
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Sylvia went to the woods each evening to get her grandmother's ____.
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cow
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The plant that was supposed to restore youth was taken by a ____.
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serpent
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Who was the ferryman who took Gilgamesh across the waters of death?
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Urshanabi
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The crew of the Kon-Tiki believed they were the first men to see a living ____.
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snake mackerel
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In "To Build a Fire," the man traveled with his ____.
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dog
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Sarah Orne Jewett's masterpiece is entitled ____.
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The Country of the Pointed Firs
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Sarah Orne Jewett described life in what part of America?
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New England
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Who wrote The Call of the Wild ?
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Jack London
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Where is "The Skater and the Wolves" set?
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Maine
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