Age of reason Flashcards
who signed the English Bill of Rights and denounced the “device right of kings”?
William and Marry
What brought the plague’s return to London?
Fleas, rats, and dutch ships
Defoe’s Journal of the Plague year is
fiction
Some infected with the plague were ___ until ___ appeared on their flesh
asymptomatic; tokens
the ___ was nearly buried to death in the communal burial pit
piper
was there a quarantine during London’s plague?
Yes
A communal burial pit was necessary, in part, because …
there were too few coffins
was someone cured by swimming in the river Thames?
No
The plague was largely eradicated when…
the terrible fire burned many wooden structure in London
A patient’s chance of survival increased if …
their swellings digested, or ran
How long did the plague last
over 3.5 years
2 political opponents
Whigs and Torries
Scotsman, … is known for his biography of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
A change of power takes place in the … when … ascend/s to the throne
glorious revolution; William and marry
Age of reason pushed for a language comprised of …
uniform spelling, pronunciation, and punctuation
the city of London was known for its … where informed men …
coffee houses; listened to and answered discussed news
age of reason emphasized …
science and logic
the royal society was committed to …
applying the scientific method
in addition to “A Modest Proposal” Swift Wrote…
Gulliver’s Travels
Samuel Pepys’ diary … but it shows the … during London’s Great Fire of 1666
was never meant to be read; vast destruction & hoplessness
Swift proposes that his nation should practice … by …
cannibalism, eating infants
The great fire burned somewhere between …
4 days to one week
Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” … the …
criticizes; politicians and the rich
the tower of london crumbled to the ground due to the great fire
false
why is “A modest Proposal” convincing
data and statistics, cited sources, formal style
Another name for the age of reason
Neoclassical age
enlightenment
Was Samuel Johnson a harsh critic of London?
No
What did London experience during the age of reason?
great fire and a plague
… uses of … earns him the title “father of the modern novel”
Daniel Defoe’s; verisimilitude
The age of reason is known for its …
literary periodicals, biographies, and satires
… and … published The Tatler and The Spectator, which were literary periodicals, or the first …
Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, newspapers
one popular topic addressed by writers of the era included…
unfair treatment of women
Samuel Johnson is also known for writing…
Biographies
an infographic is
a visual image with charts and diagrams to represent data
Samuel Johnson is responsible for …
compiling the first dictionary of the English Language
One added “benefit” to Swift’s proposal is …
fewer Catholics
It is evident in Pepys’ diary that both are true: … and …
Pepys’ was important; Londoners hated to leave their homes
Swift’s satire makes use of both … and …
Irony, hyperbole
Swift’s work is a/an … whose purpose is to …
satire; entertain and inspire change
Swift briefly identifies sincere solutions including
raising taxes and buying Made-in-Ireland goods
The age of reason emphasized
rationalism
From the breakage Pepys took home …
a piece of melted glass from the church
how was the fire stopped
officials resort to using gunpowder
A sense of community can be seen in pepys’ diary as citizens ..
friends offer to store each other’s possesions
Aside from food what did Swift suggest infants could be used for?
gloves and boots
according to Swift what age range is the greatest burden and why
1-6 years because they can’t steal yet
what is swift’s silver lining?
less Catholics
