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43 Cards in this Set
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The Most Significant Political Event of the early 17th Century was |
Charles II reclaiming the throne |
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John Webster and Ben Johnson are most noted for their |
Plays |
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What are the two elements of the Metaphysical School of poetry? |
Wit and Conceit |
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The Metaphysical Conceit can best be described as a |
Comparison between a spiritual and physical object |
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What are the primary elements of the baroque aesthetic? |
Grandeur images, tension, drama, exaggeration |
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Who of the following is considered to be the quintessential metaphysical poet? |
John Donne |
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In George Herbert's Poem, "The Collar", the title refers to what? |
The Priest's Collar, or shackles |
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Who of the following was often the subject of Robert Herrick's poetry? |
Julia |
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Who of the following is considered the most "Baroque" of all the metaphysical poets? |
Crashaw |
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In Crashaw's "On Our Lord, Naked and Bloody" what is the garment christ wears? |
Loin Cloth |
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John Milton's Greatest Work is |
Paradise Lost
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What was the most significant event of the restoration period? |
Charles II restoring the throne |
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What is Samuel Pepys' best known work? |
His diary |
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What is the most notable aspect of the Restoration Drama? |
Women's roles |
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The Rape of the Lock is an example of what literary genre? |
Mock Epic |
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For what is Samuel Johnson most famous |
his Dictionary
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Thomas Gray is considered by many as a transitional poet. What period does his type of poetry lead into? |
Romantic |
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Who is the focus of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard? |
The Dead, Samuel West?
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True/False Charles I was exiled by the Puritan government. |
True |
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True/False: The term "Metaphysical Poetry" was a widely accepted term used during the early seventeenth century |
FALSE |
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TRUE/FALSE: John Donne Was a Priest |
TRUE |
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TRUE/FALSE: Robert Herrick's favorite poetic subject is a woman named Laura |
FALSE |
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TRUE/FALSE: George Herbert is probably the most devout of all metaphysical poets |
TRUE |
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TRUE/FALSE: Richard Crashaw was the most outrageous of all metaphysical poets |
True |
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TRUE/FALSE: Milton is known only for his great work Paradise Lost |
FALSE |
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TRUE/FALSE: Most consider Adam to be the hero of Milton's Epic poem Paradise Lost |
FALSE |
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TRUE/FALSE: When Charles II decided to return to re-claim the throne of England, the English populace was, for the most part, supportive |
FALSE |
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TRUE/FALSE: Belinda, in Pope's "The Rape of the Lock." is brutally raped and beaten by a horrid villain. |
FALSE |
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Boswell wrote a famous biography of his close friend Samuel Johnson |
TRUE |
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Thomas Grat is considered one of the so-called "Romantic" poets |
TRUE |
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Ride ten thousand days and nights Till age snow white hairs of thee |
Go Catch a Falling Star (John Donne) |
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Thy firmness makes my circle just And make me end where I begun |
A Valediction (John Donne) |
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Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor every chaste, except you ravish me |
Batter My Heart, Three Person'd God- John Donne |
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Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. |
Upon Julia's Clothes (Robert Herrick) |
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Recover all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures: |
The Collar- George Herbert |
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Th' have left thee naked, Lord, O that they had! This Garment too I would they had denied |
On our, Naked and Bloody- Richard Crashaw |
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But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near |
To His Coy Mistress- Andrew Marvell |
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But O, as to embrace me she inclined I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night. |
Me Thought I saw Me Late Espoused Saint- John Milton |
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I May assert Eternal Providence And Justify the ways of God to men |
Paradise Lost- John Milton |
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Say what strange motive, Goddess, Could Compel A well-bred lord to assault a gentle belle? |
Rape of the Lock- Alexander Pope |
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I'll come no more behind the scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities. |
The Life of Samuel Johnson- James Boswell |
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No more; where ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to be wise |
Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College- Thomas Gray |
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All that wealth e'er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead by the grave- |
Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard- Thomas Gray |