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Absalom & Achitophel Flashcards

1
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who wrote Absalom and Achitophel?

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John Dryden

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what form is Absalom and Achitophel?

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heroic couplet form

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3
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why did people want to exclude James from the throne

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as he was catholic

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The Exclusion Crisis ran from ……………until ………. in the reign of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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1679-1681

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5
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how many exclusion bills?

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three

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who was opposed to James succeeding the throne?
the………….., the……………….

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whig party - the Earl of shaftesbury

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7
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what is the popish plot?

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anti-catholicism , people were afraid someone would kill their precious king Charles ll

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8
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what does the biblical land of Israel represent?

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England

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9
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what do the Jews represent?

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the English men ,protestants

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who does King David represent?

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Charles ll

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who is Achitophel representing?

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the Earl of Shaftesbury

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12
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who is Absalom representing?

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Charles’s illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth
James Scott

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who are Achitopel’s followers?

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shimei, zimri, and corah

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Achitophel tells Absalom that Egypt will help him claim the throne. what does Egypt represent?

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France

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when was Absalom and achitophel published?

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1681, anonymously

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16
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what was David’s wife’s name?

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Michal

17
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what does” the good old cause” refers to?

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the Puritan Rebellions of the English Civil War. The war ultimately dethroned Charles I (Charles II’s father), and he was later executed. Parliament then took over governing England, and through this reference Dryden suggests that Parliament is again trying to overthrow the king.

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who does Saul, who was the first king of Israel, represents?

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Oliver Cromwell, who ruled over England as a Commonwealth after Charles I’s execution.

19
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what do the Jebusites represent?

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The Jebusites represent Roman Catholics, who were unfairly discriminated against in Dryden’s time.

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