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Print only 1 sheet per team of these questions. Answer the questions after reading the links to other websites in the the task section on the homepage. Each team member must contribute for a team grade.

1. What type of writing is Edgar Allen Poe best known for?

2. What branch of the service did he serve in?

3. Who was Poe married to and why was this considered a social "faux pas?"

4. Poe had a unique writing style. How would you classify his writing?

5. Draw and color the flag of Italy.

6. Compare the US date of July 4, 1776, to the equivalent in Italy.

7. Draw Europe, and outline Italy in heavy dark ink, labeling Rome.

8. In the modern history of Italy, what year was the state of Italy founded?

9. Where were early Christians buried if they did not own land?

10. What is "cool" or grotesque about catacombs? Describe in a paragraph what you might feel, see, hear, and smell if you were walking through a catacomb with a bright lantern.

11. Who invented the printing press and in what year?

12. In your own words, how did this change the lives of Europeans?

13. How did the printing press contribute to the Renaissance and humanism?

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