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He played an important role in the peace negotiations with Britain in 1814, and signed the Treaty of Ghent, but he is better known for his involvement with the Bank of the United States. FTP, name this man who from 1801-1813 served as Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and Madison. Answer: Albert _Gallatin_ In 1889, he consented to a new constitution which established upper and lower legislative houses, a premier, and a group of elder statesmen, known as the Genro. He modernized government administration, abolished Feudalism, and made Tokyo the capital city. FTP, name this Emperor who presided over a period of modernization in Japan from 1868-1912. Answer: _Meiji_ or _Mutsuhito_ Scenes from this story include the short romance with the crofters wife, the wild train chase, and the handcuffed bedroom scene. The hero of the story is a dapper South African mining engineer named Richard Hannay, who makes a name for himself by uncovering a spy ring and preventing an invasion of Britain. FTP, name this book written by John Buchan, made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Answer: _The Thirty-Nine Steps_ She appears as a character in Senecas _Octavia_ and in Sienkiewiczs _Quo Vadis?_. In order to please her, Nero had his wife Octavia murdered. However, she soon found out what kind of man he was, when he kicked her to death during her pregnancy. FTP, name this title character of a 1642 opera by Monteverdi, the second wife of Nero. Answer: _Poppaea_ It was painted in 1535, when the artist had returned to his home town after spending several years in Rome. The painting shows the artists admiration for the grace of Raphaels art. In the background, a tiny prophet unrolls a scroll, while a row of columns stretches into the distance. In the foreground, the infant Christ child looks as though he were 5 feet tall, while all the other figures are similarly stretched out. FTP, name this tour-de-force of Italian Mannerism, the masterpiece of Parmigianino. Answer: _The Madonna With (of) the Long Neck_ French Admiral Brueys was entirely unprepared for this battle, since part of his crews were ashore. In the late afternoon of August 1, 1798, the English attacked, with some of their 13 ships sailing between the French line and the coast, while the rest closed in from the outside, taking until dawn to destroy all but two of the French vessels, and killing Brueys in the battle. FTP, name this conflict, in which Lord Nelson was victorious. Answer: The Battle of _The Nile_ According to Livy, he was not only a fine general, but a political arch-conservative. When the Senate proposed to distribute free bread to the lower classes, he objected, and was exiled after he refused to stand trial. He went to the Volscians, and led those enemies of Rome right up to the gates of the city. Only the pleas of his mother Volumnia and wife Vergilia were able to stop him from sacking Rome. FTP, name this title character of a Shakespeare play. Answer: _Coriolanus_ Nathan Hale paraphrased this man, who wrote in his _Cato_ the words, What pity it is that we can die but once to serve our country!. A distinguished classical scholar, he began his literary career with a poetical address to Dryden in 1693. Later, he was appointed an under-secretary of state, during which time he wrote his opera _Rosamond_. FTP, name this man who used the signature Clio as a pseudonym for his letters published in _The Spectator_, which he started with Sir Richard Steele. Answer: Joseph _Addison_ Ampere writes his Laws of Electrodynamic Action. Florence Nightingale is born. The Venus de Milo is discovered. Keats writes his Ode to a Nightingale. Sir Walter Scott publishes Ivanhoe. Ferdinand VII of Spain is forced to restore the Constitution of 1812. FTP, name this year in which George III of England died and the Missouri Compromise was passed. Answer: _1820_ (Missouri and Maine actually entered the Union the following year) The Hopi Point, the Isis Temple, and the Coconino and Kaibab Plateaus are among the highest points, while at the bottom, we find the Vishnu schist and Archaic gneiss. In between there are the Bright Angel and Hakatai shales, the Hotauta conglomerate, and the Muav limestone. FTP, name this geological formation, through whose Granite Gorge runs the Colorado River. Answer: The _Grand Canyon_ This novel caused an uproar in Germany in 1959 because of its depiction of the Nazis. The main character is a hunchback in a mental hospital named Oskar Matzerath, who is consumed with anger and contempt for the petty adults who espouse Nazism -- anger which he lets out by playing the instrument found in the title of the book. FTP, name this first novel by Gunter Grass. Answer: _The Tin Drum_ (or _Die Blechtrommel_) Underneath the Baths of Caracalla is located a sanctuary dedicated to this deity. His cult was exclusively male, and its rituals included a form of baptism, a sealing on the forehead, and a ceremonial meal. In the text of the Avesta, his epithets include God of Truth, Savior from Death and Lord of Light. FTP, name this figure of Zoroastrianism, often depicted plunging a knife into the shoulder of a bull. Answer: _Mithras_ (accept equivalents) This Flemish sculptor was born in Douai in 1524, and moved to Italy, where he worked for the Medici in Florence. His bronzes can be seen in the Wallace collection, and he executed fountains in the Boboli gardens. FTP, name this sculptor of the Flying Mercury, Hercules and the Centaur and The Rape of the Sabine Woman. Answer: Giovanni _Bologna_ or _Giambologna_ In his theology, the Bible may be interpreted in literal, psychical, and pneumatic ways, and his exegetical writings include Scholia, Homilies and Commentaries. He studied Plato and the Pythagoreans under the tutelage of Ammonius. He was the head of the school in Alexandria for twenty years, before being tortured and killed under Decius in Tyre. FTP, name this early Christian Church father, famous for his Eight Books Against Celsus. Answer: _Origen_ It drew on elements of African and Pacific art, as well as German religious painting. Its name translates from German as The Bridge, and its leaders were Ernst Kirchner and Eric Heckel. FTP, name this counter-impressionist group of painters, which was incorporated into Die Blaue Reiter in 1912. Answer: _Die Brcke_ This novel is narrated by Miles Coverdale, a removed and curious observer. It tells the story of Zenobia, who is in love with Hollingsworth, who plans to convert the community in which they live into an experiment in prison reform. Meanwhile, the young girl Priscilla has fallen under the mesmeric influence of Westervelt. FTP, name this novel which Nathaniel Hawthorne written ten years after he lived at Brook Farm. Answer: _The Blithedale Romance_ The word comes from an Arabic word meaning to be poor, and means a religious beggar or merchant. Some perform servile duties such as cleaning mosques, while others simply beg. FTP, name these wanderers who attract attention by such feats as lying on beds of nails. Answer: _Fakir_ A friend of William Dean Howells, he became a member of the Boston literary group, influenced by realism and the single-tax ideas of Henry George. His stories were collected in the volumes Prairie Folks, Wayside Courtships, and Main-Travelled Roads. FTP, name this author of Jason Edwards, An Average Man and A Son of the Middle Border. 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