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Academic Team questions -- B
answers begin with B -- world lit, philosophy and religion
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11th Grade
11/06/2008

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Honore de Balzac
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French writer, early 1800s. Famous for "The Human Comedy"
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Charles Baudelaire
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French poet, mid 1800s, famous for "Flowers of Evil" poems
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Beatrice
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Beloved of Dante
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Book of Common Prayer
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Used primarily by Anglican Christians, it was one of the most frequently published books in the American colonies.
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Boston Brahmins
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Group of mid 1800s American intellectuals, including Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes and Whittier.
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Bhagavad Gita
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part of the sacred books of Hinduism. Means Song of God
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Samuel Beckett
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20th century French author famous for the play "Waiting for Godot"
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bar mitzvah
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ceremony in Judaism marking the beginning of religious responsibility
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The Brothers Karamozov
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Russian novel by Dostoevsky about 4 brothers and the trial of 1 for killing his father.
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