PU COLLEGE CHIKMAGALUR 1st P.U.C‚ First Unit Test – August - 2014 Subject : English Time: 1-30 Houre Marks: 50 I. Answer the Following questions in a word‚ a phrase or a sentence each: - 1X9=09 1. What do you think the phrase‚ face of heaven‚ signifies? 2. What is the meaning of “Ethiope” ? 3. Name the commodities taxed in Monaco. 4. What was cost to hire a guillotine and an executioner from France ? 5. The death sentence was converted into life
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democratic revolutions in England and the United States. Their innovative ideas began a new age‚ where philosophers laid down old principles and began a new age where they challenged old accepted beliefs. They extended the boundaries of the known world in what became known as the Age of Exploration. Out of all this came new philosophies about government‚ human nature‚ and politics. Of course‚ the philosophers had irreconcilable differences‚ but they shared one common goal: to apply reason to all aspects
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reformation. These ideas were further advanced by the desperate state of the country; after investing so much into American Revolution as well as the Seven Years’ War‚ famine and economic depression had a tight grip on France. The fact that French monarchy was living lavishly increased the tension as well‚ by making everyday French citizens bitter. As an added motivation‚ all of this occurred during the time period of the Age of Enlightenment‚ where thoughts of individuality were blossoming in the minds
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lowered the taxes on sugar and molasses being brought into the colonies. As a result‚ people from the colonies began to protest‚ "merchants and artisans viewed the Sugar Act as a threat to their livelihoods‚ and there were public protests in many port towns." Sugar and molasses were both important to the colonial people in 1764‚ it was actually how most people made their money. Because the colonial people smuggled a lot‚ Parliament passed this act and that suppressed the smuggling‚ costing both the
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Summary: Frontline PBS Documentary on the real CSI In this video Correspondent LOWELL BERGMAN questions the scientific validity of forensic science. He also expresses that it is not as simple as it appears on television shows. Detective. Joanna Grivetti who is a crime scene investigator in Richmond‚ California explains that the real life CSI is getting dirty‚ smelling things you don’t want to smell‚ seeing things you don’t want to see and dealing with blood in order to collect evidence that may
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What were they trying to do? Montag and Mildred spend the day reading through the books‚ but none of what they read made any sense. Mildred begged Guy to destroy the books because it is very dangerous to have them. Guy knows that they can lose their home and be locked away in an insane asylum if they’re caught. Montag won’t give up‚ though. As they read‚ Montag hers the Mechanical Hound that he’s certain has been programmed to hunt him sniffing outside his door. In this section the "Sieve and
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The salem witch trials hysteria of 1692 was caused by the Puritans strict religious standards and intolerance of anything not accepted with their scripture. The largest account of witch trials as well as deaths by witch trials occurred in Salem‚ a village heavily populated with the Puritans. Because most of the trials were occurring in Salem‚ this meant that the accusations were happening among the Puritans themselves‚ which could very well be anything as long as the Puritans found it as contradicting
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1. What according to Aristotle‚ is a virtue? What is a vice? Fully describe two virtues and their corresponding vices. How does the concept of balance relate to virtues and vices? A virtue is something that can be praised upon however it is also make us good and obedient to the law. Virtue makes us good and obedient to the laws that are forced upon us. There are two types of virtues one is a moral virtue which comes from habits while intellectual virtue comes from knowledge. However‚ Aristotle talks
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Phillips 10/10/2012 ENG 112-Cox Essay Prompt 2 What Were The Things They Carried An author commonly uses literary devices in their text to both interest the audience‚ and to create a bigger depth to their work. In “The Things They Carried”‚ there are a few different elements Tim O’Brien uses to captivate his audience. Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and theme were a few of the devices he chose to use in this work. Throughout the story‚ he explains what the men carried‚ and by doing so‚ created a depth to
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and their geographical location‚ racism has been a social issue that has affected every society. Racism can be defined as “the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of our race or that some racial groups are superior to others” (Shah‚ 2010). Throughout history‚ racism has been used as an effective and powerful weapon of fear generated by powerful figures to instill hatred of others during wartime and economic decline. Through racism‚ these powerful
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