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MOH III Week 28

  •  English    25     Public
    Lessons 67-78
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  • Who is the father of Modern Education
    John Comenius
  •  20
  • What is an allegory?
    using imaginary things to talk about real things
  •  15
  • Who won the 2 major bouts of the English Civil Wars?
    Roundheads
  •  15
  • What did the Rump Parliament decide to do with Charles I?
    execute him
  •  10
  • Where did the chemist Robert Boyle grow up?
    Ireland
  •  10
  • Who was William Penn's spiritual guide and friend?
    George Fox
  •  15
  • What did the Act of Toleration do for Quakers?
    made them a valid denomination
  •  10
  • Who wrote the Pensees (a collection of thoughts)?
    Blaise Pascal
  •  15
  • About how many fountains were in the Versailles Gardens?
    over 1,400
  •  20
  • Who/What was "restored" during the English Restoration?
    King Charles II
  •  15
  • Name one literary accomplishment K'ang-Hsi commissioned?
    dictionary / encyclopeidea / history of the Ming
  •  10
  • How did Isaac Newton improve telescopes?
    by adding mirrors
  •  20
  • What title was Isaac Newton given?
    Knighthood ("Sir")
  •  10
  • Why did the Roundheads hire John Milton to write?
    He knew Latin, which was widely read in Europe.
  •  15
  • What is Paradise Lost about?
    Fall of Satan and the loss of Eden by humans
  •  20
  • How did John Bunyan become a Christian?
    through his wife's theology books and a long struggle with skepticism
  •  15