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Who is John Huss?
This zealous Bohemian was burned at the stake for faith.
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Who is Julius Caesar?
This man reformed the calendar to make special events fall within the right seasons.
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Who is Dante?
This man wrote the Divine Comedy.
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Who is Icarus?
This character flew too closely to the sun and drowned in the sea.
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Who is Nicodemus?
This man said, “Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”
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What is faith?
Martin Luther believed in justification by this.
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What is a spectre (ghost)?
This supposedly apppeared to Brutus as he prepared to take his army to battle.
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Who is Virgil?
This man wrote the Aeneid.
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Who is Aeneas?
This character narrates “The Wooden Horse.”
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Who is Caesar?
This man said, “I am not much afraid of these fat, longhaired fellows, but more of those pale lean ones.”
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What is 23?
According to Plutarch, Caesar received this many stab wounds.
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Who is Sinon?
This man unlocked the wooden horse.
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Who is Ovid?
This man wrote Metamorphoses.
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Who is Virgil?
This character symbolizes human reason, and guides Dante through hell.
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Who is Martin Luther?
This man said, “One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.”
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Who is Casca?
This man stabbed Caesar first.
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What is Epicureanism?
This philosophy emphasizes sensual pleasure and materialism.
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Who is Plutarch?
This man wrote Lives (from which “Julius Caesar” is taken).
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Who is Calpurnia?
This character dreams of Romans washing their hands in Caesar’s blood.
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Who is John Wycliffe?
This man said, “Faith or belief is as a stone lying in the foundation of a strong building, that bearers up all the work.”
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What is Cynicism?
This philosophy stresses independence from worldly needs and pleasures.
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What is Stoicism?
This philosophy emphasizes reason and indifference to emotion.
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Who is Tacitus?
This man wrote about Nero’s persecution of Christians.
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Who is Pyramus?
This character mistakingly assumes that his lover was eaten by a lioness.
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Who is Laocoon?
This man said, “Citizens, are you all stark mad? Do you really believe our foes are gone? Do you imagine any Greek gift is guileless?”
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