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The Most Significant Political Event of the early 17th Century was

Charles II reclaiming the throne

John Webster and Ben Johnson are most noted for their

Plays

What are the two elements of the Metaphysical School of poetry?

Wit and Conceit

The Metaphysical Conceit can best be described as a

Comparison between a spiritual and physical object

What are the primary elements of the baroque aesthetic?

Grandeur images, tension, drama, exaggeration

Who of the following is considered to be the quintessential metaphysical poet?

John Donne

In George Herbert's Poem, "The Collar", the title refers to what?

The Priest's Collar, or shackles

Who of the following was often the subject of Robert Herrick's poetry?

Julia

Who of the following is considered the most "Baroque" of all the metaphysical poets?

Crashaw

In Crashaw's "On Our Lord, Naked and Bloody" what is the garment christ wears?

Loin Cloth

John Milton's Greatest Work is

Paradise Lost

What was the most significant event of the restoration period?

Charles II restoring the throne

What is Samuel Pepys' best known work?

His diary

What is the most notable aspect of the Restoration Drama?

Women's roles

The Rape of the Lock is an example of what literary genre?

Mock Epic

For what is Samuel Johnson most famous

his Dictionary

Thomas Gray is considered by many as a transitional poet. What period does his type of poetry lead into?

Romantic

Who is the focus of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?

The Dead, Samuel West?

True/False Charles I was exiled by the Puritan government.

True

True/False: The term "Metaphysical Poetry" was a widely accepted term used during the early seventeenth century

FALSE

TRUE/FALSE: John Donne Was a Priest

TRUE

TRUE/FALSE: Robert Herrick's favorite poetic subject is a woman named Laura

FALSE

TRUE/FALSE: George Herbert is probably the most devout of all metaphysical poets

TRUE

TRUE/FALSE: Richard Crashaw was the most outrageous of all metaphysical poets

True

TRUE/FALSE: Milton is known only for his great work Paradise Lost

FALSE

TRUE/FALSE: Most consider Adam to be the hero of Milton's Epic poem Paradise Lost

FALSE

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

TRUE/FALSE: Belinda, in Pope's "The Rape of the Lock." is brutally raped and beaten by a horrid villain.

FALSE

Boswell wrote a famous biography of his close friend Samuel Johnson

TRUE

Thomas Grat is considered one of the so-called "Romantic" poets

TRUE

Ride ten thousand days and nights


Till age snow white hairs of thee

Go Catch a Falling Star (John Donne)

Thy firmness makes my circle just


And make me end where I begun

A Valediction (John Donne)

Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor every chaste, except you ravish me

Batter My Heart, Three Person'd God- John Donne

Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows


That liquefaction of her clothes.

Upon Julia's Clothes (Robert Herrick)

Recover all thy sigh-blown age


On double pleasures:

The Collar- George Herbert

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

But at my back I always hear


Time's winged chariot hurrying near

To His Coy Mistress- Andrew Marvell

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

I May assert Eternal Providence


And Justify the ways of God to men

Paradise Lost- John Milton

Say what strange motive, Goddess, Could Compel


A well-bred lord to assault a gentle belle?

Rape of the Lock- Alexander Pope

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

No more; where ignorance is bliss


'Tis folly to be wise

Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College- Thomas Gray

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