Gates of Fire‚ Steven Pressfield Western Civilization I Class 1) Describe the general story line of this book. 2) How does Pressfield present the Spartans and their society? What attributes (characteristics) does he claim that the Spartan exhibited? How did the other Greeks perceive the Spartans? Pressfield sees something in the Spartans‚ there is something that he touches upon in chapter 4 when Tripod is being beaten. He dies for no reason‚ he should have just taken the right of passage
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I. The Premise A. Describe the event in one sentence. (For example‚ “I took my mom’s car without asking one night and wrecked it.”) I swinged my brother to hard when he was in the hammock and he busted his forehead. B. In another sentence‚ explain why readers should care and want to read this story. (For example: “A lot of teenagers have taken their parents’ cars‚ and their kids might do it‚ too.) A lot of children like to play games for fun‚ and do not realize when something stops being funny
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1. Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved. The stages in a supply chain are normally the supplier‚ the manufacturer‚ the distributor‚ the retailer‚ and finally the customer. The first stage of the supply chain is the supplier. Initially‚ the supplier provides the material necessary for the production of the soda can to the manufacturer‚ who had previously passed an order for the material
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Ch. 18-20 1. How does Edna spend most of her time in this section of the book? 2. What is Leonce’s reaction? 3. How does Edna feel about her painting? 4. If Edna recognizes that she is not an artist‚ then why does she paint? 5. What is the significance of the song Edna sings while she paints? 6. How sympathetic toward Edna does Chopin seem? 7. How is Victor a kind of exaggeration of Robert? 8. What does Edna learn about Robert while she is there? Why does this depress her? 9. What has
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makers you must offer value. Before beginning the environmental scan you must ask the strategy makers what they need‚ make sure these are not their wants but their needs. When doing an environmental scan you should be able to ask the following three questions about the factors; 1. Make the cause go away so you don’t have to worry about the consequences. 2. Acknowledge that the cause is not apt to go away‚ but find ways to dodge the consequences. 3. Acknowledge that the cause and the consequences
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been saved if the French had given their children small pox to begin with. This was the first idea of a vaccine. By the child getting the disease early on the body knows how to fight it off if the person comes in contact with the disease again. 5. Was it France’s government that stopped great thinkers from discovering or writing about new ideas? England was the home to great thinkers like Newton and Locke. Was it the difference in government that allowed people to think more out of the
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Study Guide for POL 320 Final Exam Sample multiple choice questions: 1. The Supreme Court made the first decision concerning presidential powers in a. U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright b. Rasul v. Bush c. The Prize Cases d. Mistretta v. U.S. 2. As discussed in class‚ the __________________ Amendment virtually disappeared as a limitation on the powers of the national government in the wake of the constitutional revolution of 1937. a. Ninth b. Tenth c. Fourteenth d. Twenty-Fifth 3. Through its
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night. What happened? -- The animals caught squealer trying to change the commandments. 4. True or false? The animals knew what Squealer tried to do. -- False. They had no idea‚ except for Benjamin‚ who seemed to understand‚ but said nothing. 5. Which commandment was changed? -- No animal shall drink alcohol was changed to No animal shall drink alcohol to excess. 6. What injury is bothering Boxer? -- His hoof is split. 7. Winter is harsh‚ so rations are
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