ENG3U Fifth Business by Robertson Davies PART II: I Am Born Again Chapter Study Questions 1. Though he was in The Great War from 1915 to 1917‚ why didn’t Dunstan know much about it? 2. Why is Dunstan not proud of his “heroic act”? 3. Describe Dunstan’s miraculous revelation in chapter 2. 4. Describe Dunstan’s relationship with Diana. 5. What three milestones does Dunstan reach in chapter 5? 6. How does the story of Saint Dunstan resonate with Dunstan’s life? 7. In chapter 7‚ the
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French music project Édith Piaf Birth name Édith Giovanna Gassion Also known as La Mome Piaf Born 19 December 1915 Died 11 october 1963 (aged 47) Genres cabaret‚ torch songs‚ chanson Early life Much of Piaf’s life is a big mystery. She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Belleville‚ Paris. Her birth certificate has the Hôpital Tenon‚ the hospital for the 20th arrondissement
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The immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However‚ various events throughout the nineteenth century created conflict between countries that fueled the start of the war. This essay examines these factors and their contribution to the start of the war. The factors discussed in the essay include nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. All these factors contributed to the conflict that existed between the two blocks that participated in the war. The essay
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Why did a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia become a European war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the
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parties are partly to blame. It was Austria Hungary that was mostly to blame. Austria Hungary started World War I by using war to distract form internal problems‚ delivering a harsh ultimatum and expecting an answer in three days‚ and declaring war after all of the demands in the ultimatum were not met. Austria Hungary was having many problems internally. The empire was trying to take hold of all of the Balkan Peninsula and for many years before World War I‚ Austria Hungary was at high tensions with
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Serbia became the most powerfully Balkan State‚ and felt confident enough to threaten Austria. The Serbian prime minister said: ‘the first round is won; now for the second round- against Austria’. Austria decided that Serbia would have to be dealt with. By 1914 it was looking for good excuse to crush Serbia. The opportunity came with the assassination of the archduke. Austria blamed Serbia. They wanted to crush Serbia‚ but they
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There have been many different reasons why the first World War began. From the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary to militarism in Europe. Other times‚ the cause for World War 1 maybe to just blame one country as a whole‚ which most of the times it does. Although there are many reason for the outbreak the two big reasons are The Assassination of the Archduke and The Alliance Systems. Although this paper will focus on the Alliance Systems‚ the assassination played a big role on actually
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originally involving Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia. There were many reasons why the war started; some were long term causes related with the tensions between the countries of Europe‚ such as the conflicts between Britain and Germany and Russia and Austria-Hungary. However there was one short term cause which invoked all the existing tensions to break out in war‚ the assassination of the Archduke and Prince of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand. There were five Great Powers in
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devastating and history-changing wars was caused by the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was next in line for the throne to govern over the Austria-Hungary empire in the beginning of the 20th century‚ and he was rising at a very dangerous and tense time. In the early 1900s‚ Austria-Hungary was in a stressful conflict with the country of Serbia. The Serbians wanted the land of Bosnia‚ in which the Austria-Hungarian empire had annexed into their country‚ and Serbia wanted
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of them. Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and an agitated Serbia looked to Russia for support. While Germany backed Austria‚ Russia had to stop supporting Serbia. This meant that Russia accepted Austria’s annexation of Bosnia. As a result Russia felt humiliated‚ Serbia was belligerent towards A-H and Russia and Austria was encouraged by Germany.
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