Matt24#AD"՟՟Matt24"cbpbb?bb<TEXTMACA#A՟՟)Packet 24 Following the death of her second husband, she married Antonio Bucchignani, who defrauded her of her money. Her first husband was a sailor named John Timberlake, who died at sea. She met her most famous husband in a tavern, and soon after, he was appointed Secretary of War by Andrew Jackson. FTP, name this low-born woman who was snubbed by the wives of John Calhoun and cabinet members. Answer: Peggy _Eaton_ Written in 1951, this novel uses a stream of consciousness in which a bum in a strange room remembers his past on his deathbed. By the end, it is revealed that he is actually a murderer, a symbol of the human condition. The novel is part of a trilogy that also includes _Molloy_ and _The Unnamable_. FTP, what is this novel by Samuel Beckett? Answer: _Malone Dies_ He held that at birth, man is thrown into existence and stands out from nonhuman things, which distract him and cheapen his existence. Man forfeits understanding unless he lives in dread of nothingness, thus escaping everydayness and experiencing angst. In _On the Way to Language_, this philosopher argued that Language is the house of Being. FTP, name this German existentialist and author of _Being and Time_. Answer: Martin _Heidegger_ This character builds an ostentatious mansion on Beacon Hill in Boston, and disgraces himself by getting drunk at a dinner party for the social elite. He had made his money by unscrupulous means, but by the end of the book he recognizes ethical standards. His wife, Persis, is unable to keep their daughter Penelope in check, and she marries Tom Corey and flees to Mexico. FTP, who is this businessman whom William Dean Howells makes the hero of an 1885 novel chronicling his rise? Answer: _Silas Lapham_ In his 1929 novel _Toda Raba_, he wrote I am a mariner of Odysseus with heart of fire but with mind ruthless and clear. The conflict between the Dionysian and Apollonian in mans nature found ultimate expression in his _The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel_. Though nominated many times, he never won the Nobel Prize. FTP, who is this author of _The Last Temptation of Christ_ and _Zorba the Greek_? Answer: Nikos _Kazantzakis_ In 1803, he was sent as secretary to the French Embassy at Rome, and in 1804 was appointed envoy to the republic of Valais. On the murder of the Duc dEnghien, he refused to hold office under Napoleon and supported the restored monarchy from 1814-1824. FTP, name this French writer of the _Le Genie du Christianisme_ and the novels _Atala_ and _Rene_. Answer: Francois de _Chateaubriand_ It is usually performed from the score prepared by Rimsky-Korsakov, who did not however compose it. Among its characters are the Simpleton; Rangoni a Jesuit priest; Andrei Shchelkalof, the secretary of the Duma; and Prince Vassili Schuisky. But it is around a young novice named Grigory that the opera centers, for it is he who brings about the downfall of the main character, upon whom the blame is pinned for the murder of Dmitri. FTP, what is this opera by Modest Mussorgsky about Russia just before the Time of Troubles? Answer: _Boris Godunov_ Elected an abbot near Avignon, his strictness caused him to be called to Rome to give an account to Eugenius III, who sent him to Scandinavia to reorganize the church, where he earned the name Apostle of the North. Elected pope in 1154, he issued a bull granting Ireland to Englands King Henry II. He excommunicated William the Bad of Sicily, and excommunicated the whole city of Rome until the rebellion of Arnold of Breschia was put down. He also crowned Frederick Barbarossa as Holy Roman Emperor. FTP, who was this pope, the only Englishman ever to hold that office? Answer: _Adrian IV_ or _Nicholas Breakspear_ He became involved in Republican reform politics and a civil law practice. Prominent in the Progressive Party until 1916, he changed to become a Democrat and support FDR in 1932. In World War II he was administrator of solid fuels and coal mines. During the New Deal, he angered private utilities by curbing their power and providing low-cost public utilities and housing. FTP, who was this director of the Public Works Administration and secretary of the interior under FDR? Answer: Harold _Ickes_ Little Boy, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, contained uranium produced mostly by this physicist. Born in South Dakota, he began his career at Yale, then transferred to Berkeley, where he directed the radiation laboratory. In 1929 he invented the device which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics ten years later. FTP, who is the creator of the cyclotron? Answer: Ernest O. _Lawrence_ After him, mere accumulation of facts could no long be accepted as biography. Among his historical works are _Books and Characters, French and English_, _Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History_, and _Queen Victoria_. A member of the Bloomsbury group and book reviewer for the Spectator, he began his career as a critic in 1912 with the publication of _Landmarks in French Literature_. FTP, name this biographer most famous for his 1918 book, _Eminent Victorians_. Answer: Lytton _Strachey_ Despite his success, he became severely depressed, and in 1931 he returned to Springfield Illinois and committed suicide. He used rhythmic effects to convey the spirit of places and people that ordinary Americans could relate to. From 1906-12, he traveled throughout the U.S., reciting his poetry to earn a living. FTP, name this vagabond poet most famous for Congo and General William Booth Enters into Heaven. Answer: Vachel _Lindsay_ Composed of consolidated mud and clay, it often contains sand or lime. When broken, it splits along nearly parallel planes. The most famous example of this sedimentary rock is found in British Columbia, and dates from the Cambrian period, containing fossils of trilobites, jellyfishes, and arthropods. FTP, what is this Burgess rock? Answer: _Shale_ He had two boats, Mantchet and Mesektet. In an early legend, he is a ruler who sent forth Hathor and Sekhmet to destroy his subjects, but repented and withdrew to the Tuat, or Fields of Peace. The grandson of Rat and son of Nut, he was the father of Set, Nephthys, Isis, and Osiris. FTP, who is this Egyptian god who traveled over the arched back of Nut each day, dying at dusk and being reborn at dawn in his role as the god of the sun? Answer: _Ra_ Put forth by a Kentucky senator, it sought to uphold the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty in the new territories, sanction slavery in the District of Columbia, and continue the fugitive slave laws. Proposed in December of 1860, it was defeated by one vote in the Senate in March of 1861. FTP, what was this reworking of the Missouri Compromise? Answer: The _Crittenden Compromise_ In 1844 in London, George Williams founded this organization to improve the spiritual condition of men in the drapery and other trades. It began ministering to boys in 1890 and after 1918, its original religious objectives began to switch from the evangelical to broader ones. FTP, what is this organization whose original goal was to provide Companionship, physical exercise, education, and religious activity to the thousands of men who flocked to Englands industrial towns? Answer: The _Young Mens Christian Association_ or _YMCA_ It was first introduced to medicine by William Withering of England in 1785. Because it is a myocardial stimulant, it can prevent cardiac arrest when it causes the muscular wall of the heart to contract. FTP, what is this drug derived from the leaves of the purple foxglove? Answer: _Digitalis_ Used mainly for acids and bases or for oxidizing and reducing agents, it denotes the concentration of titratable hydronium or hydroxide in a solution. Thus a solution of suphuric acid with a concentration of 2 moles per liter will have a value of 4. FTP, what is this osbsolete concentration unit, abbreviated capital N? Answer: _Normality_ It was passed during the ministry of Edward Hyde, though he personally opposed them. Among its parts were the Corporation Act, requiring that all municipal officers be members of the church; the Act of Uniformity, requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer; the Conventicle Act, forbidding assembly of other churches; and the Five-Mile Act, forbidding dissenters from coming within that distance of any time. FTP, what was this set of laws enacted to suppress Nonconformists during the reign of Charles II? Answer: The _Clarendon Code_ It was backed by David Lloyd George and Horatio Kitchener, and commenced on February 19th. Churchill was linked with the campaign, and he was forced to resign as first lord of the admiralty. After an unsuccessful naval attempt to force the straits, British and French troops were landed on both sides of the Dardanelles, and the allies lost 55,000 troops before evacuation. FTP, what was this failed 1915 attempt to wrest the strait from the Ottoman Emprire? Answer: The _Gallipoli_ Campaign6: `U38) Fk)BGhͬMatt24MTEXTMACAQTEXTMACA՟#A]](ΆdV/$CHE Rk-_C#/RcPDX i.)̑Tz"K붯nJ Q,1r.<@B]KLA{;ǹFuY'*_8