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What is a saga

A saga is like a series. For example, the Twilight SAGAis four books that go together. like a series

  1. A prose narrative usually written in Iceland between the years 1120-1400, dealing with the families that first settled in Iceland and their descendants, with the histories of the kings of Norway and the myths and legends of early Germanic gods and heroes.
  2. A modern prose narrative resembling a saga.
  3. A long, detailed report: recounted the saga of their family problems.
Who wrote prose edda

Snorri Sturluson wrote Prose Edda.

Who wrote many of the German epic poems and prose

knights

V-cube 7 or megaminx

megaminx

Humanism and the Reformation were two distinctive experiences of which German period

Humanism and the Reformation were two distinctive experiences of the renaissance period.

Who wrote Canticle of the Sun

st. Francis of Assisi

What kind of grammatical arrangements do Italian and English have

simialar ones

During which century did the spirit of the Italian renaissance spread through spanish literature

1500s

What did many of Jean-Paul Sartre's plays explore

Mortality

Whose strongly written political works gained him exile from his beloved country

ugo foscolo

During which decades did the Theater of the Absurd appear in French Literature

1950s and 1960s

Which of these kings supported the arts during the Classical Age

King Louis XIV

Which type of novel described life in small rural villages

Pastoral

A famous opera written by Richard Wagner was based on which of these Germanic tales

the song of the nibelungs

Which type of long narrative poems described people and events that are usually believed to be true by both the author and the audience

epic poems

Whose unrequited love for a woman named Laura inspired the Book of Songs

francesco petrarch

In feudal Japan what did samurai represent

the military class

Which of these terms is a synonym for a god

Deity

In addition to the lyre which instrument did minnesingers use to accompany their songs

harp

In the 1400s and 1500s who composed many of the ballads and poems

the common people

Italian language solidified under the influence of which dialect

sicilian dialect

Which period brought a downfall in the cultural dominance of Italy

the baroque period

Which religious movement maintains that a person can learn the truth about life through the power of reason

deism

What type of character evolved through the writings of Alexander Griboyedov's verse

the superfluous man

Which tribes is not one of the Germanic tribes that established settlements in England in the 400s and 500s

Celts

Which of these statements is the best description of healthcare in Kenya

Mannerism was a return to the formal and classical literature of the Greeks

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What is a true statement with regard to the early history of Greece

In its early history, Greece was not united because of the isolation that was caused by the mountainous terrain.

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