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49 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote a famopus group of plays called "Social Problems Plays"?
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George Bernard Shaw
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Who was considered the greatest playwright since Shakespeare?
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George Bernard Shaw
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Who wrote "Mrs. Warren's Profession"?
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George Bernard Shaw
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What is "Mrs. Warren's Profession" about?
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Prostitution
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Who wrote "Pygmalion"?
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George Bernard Shaw
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What is "Pygmalion" about and what will it later turn into? Who wrote it?
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- about class system and poverty
- turned into "My Fair Lady" -George Bernard Shaw |
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Who wrote a book poetry called "Shropshire Lad"?
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AE Housman
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What is the name of the famous poem from the book "Shropshire Lad"?
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To an athlete dying young
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What are the themes from "To An Athlete Dying Young"?
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- wrote about decaying love.
- breaking apart of friendships. - sudden coming of death. |
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When was the "Shropshire Lad" written?
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1896
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When does the modern era start (event and year)?
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WWI in 1914
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What did WWI teach us (2 things)?
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- The world is not safe.
- the horror of trench warfare. |
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How many people were killed in first day of the Battle of Somme?
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60,000
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How many total people were killed in the Battle of Ypres?
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300,000
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What happened to the first wave?
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almost all of them were killed.
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How long did it take for almost all the male population to be wiped out?
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4.5 yrs
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Who was born into the highest level of English society?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Whose poetry started very positive?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Who enlisted as a patriot and idealist?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Whos poetry affected Winston Churchill?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Who tried to become a martyr of the war cause?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Who was shellshocked as a result of the war?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Who wanted to be a court-marshalled after resigning (from the war?)?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Who was friends with Wilfred Owen?
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Siegfried Sassoon
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Who was the better of the trench poets?
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Wilfred Owen
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Who was master of the half-rhyme?
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Wilfred Owen
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What term describes the word in the middle of the line that rhymes with the last word of the line?
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half-rhyme
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Who wanted to follow in John Keats footsteps?
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Wilfred Owen
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Who joined the British Army but was not drafted?
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Wilfred Owen
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Who was killedone week before the war ended?
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Wilfred Owen
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Who only published 4 poems?
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Wilfred Owen
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Who was the most influential English Poet over a span of three decades?
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T.S. Eliot
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Who was born in St. Louis, Missouri?
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T.S. Eliot
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What happened in 1927 to T.S. Eliot?
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-he became a British citizen.
-joined the Church of England. |
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When did TS Eliot when the Nobel Prize for Lit?
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1948
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Whos voice expressed dislocation and despair in the 20th cent?
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T.S. Eliot
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What is a short things taht introduce longer works?
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prelude
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Who was seen by people as a 20th cent metaphysical poet?
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T.S. Eliot
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Who was the pioneer of the Celtic Revival?
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William Butler Yeats
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What happened to William Butler Yeats in 1914?
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-he turns his life around
- writes book, "Responsibilities" |
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When does William Butler Yeats win the Nobel Prize?
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1923
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Who helped establish the Abbey Theatre?
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William Butler Yeats
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What was the name WH Auden gave to the 20th cent?
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"The Age of Anxiety"
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When did WH Auden become a US citizen?
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1946
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Who taught at the University of Michigan
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WH Auden
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Who became the professor of poetry at Oxford?
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WH Auden
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When was Responsiblities by William Butler Yeats written?
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1914
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When did TS Eliot become a British citizen?
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1927
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When did TS Eliot join the Church of England?
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1927
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