According to Dickinson, death means immortality.

In Memoriam is a representation of Tennyson’s thoughts on the problems of life, ________ and immortality.

What did ancient Chinese chemists discover when trying to find the Elixir of Immortality?

Zeus declared Eros marry ________ and granted her immortality. A: Psyche B: Daphne C: Cassandra D: Echo

中国大学MOOC: Gunpowder was invented in China, not by a alchemists seeking the elixir of immortality, but by people seeking better weapons or even explosives.

Closely related to Emily Dickinson‘s religious poetry are her poems concerning _______________. A: childhood B: youth and happiness C: loneliness D: death and immortality

Cloud<br/>is to storm as () A: portent<br/>is to disaster B: antifreeze<br/>is to engine C: mortgage<br/>is to ownership D: landmark<br/>is to culture E: immortality<br/>is to life

Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for ______ and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A: treasure B: immortality C: political power D: knowledge

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a man aspiring for ________ and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A: immortality B: political C: money D: knowledge

10. Humiliation of Canossa (excerpted)All the major Protestant reformers agreed that the Catholic Church had taken a wrong turn somewhere, but they disagreed about where the misstep occurred. Constantine's conversion, the codification of canon law, and the rise of scholastic theology received nominations, but as far as many Anglicans were concerned, the real trouble began in January 1077 at Canossa, a castle in Tuscany.Inside the castle, as freezing winds blew, Pope Gregory VII took refuge. Gregory never wanted to be pope, and he certainly never wanted to spend his waning years running around Europe, attempting to stay ahead of hostile princes. Unfortunately, his commitment to reform put him on a collision course with the secular powers of the day.Outside the castle, Gregory's bitterest opponent, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, knelt in the snow. On this occasion Henry did not want Gregory's head, but his blessing. Dressed as a penitent, weeping, for three cold days, Henry got what he was after—but the peace between the two men could not last. The stakes of their epic battle, known as the Investiture Controversy, were simply too high.In theory, the church has always held the power to appoint its own leaders. In medieval practice, however, secular authorities handed out clerical offices as patronage. Following the pattern known as investiture, abbots and bishops received their positions, and the properties that went with them, from local princes. The emperor picked the pope.Gregory believed that the corruption and immorality of the 11th-century church stemmed from this practice. Before he could fight it at lower ecclesial levels, though, he had to free the papacy from imperial control. In 1059, when Gregory was still cardinal-subdeacon Hildebrand, he engineered ... 20. What did the corruption and immortality of the 11th century church stem from according to Gregory’s understanding? A: the Investiture Controversy. B: the church has always held the power to appoint its own leaders. C: The emperor picked the pope. D: Papacy was free from imperial control.