Checkup 1 Flashcards
Who were the two kings who followed Queen Elizabeth I?
James I and Charles I
James I and Charles I were the two kings who followed ______________.
Queen Elizabeth I
The Civil War was a political and religious struggle between the _______, who supported the Parliament, and the __________, or Royalists, who supported the king.
Puritans; Cavaliers
The __________ had their greatest effect on English politics and society while __________________ was Lord Protector.
Puritans; Oliver Cromwell
What title did Oliver Cromwell have?
Lord Protector
_________________________ was England’s first essayist, the acclaimed “father of modern science,” and initiator of the scientific principle of inductive reasoning.
Sir Francis Bacon
An ____________ is a short literary composition written on a certain subject.
essay
The two most notable poets of the early seventeenth century were ____________ and _____________.
Ben Jonson; John Donne
An _____________________ is a short sentence expressing a general truth or some practical wisdom.
aphorism
“To spend too much time in __________ is sloth.”
studies
“Stone walls do not a __________ make, Nor ______ bars a cage….”
prison; iron
“Of Studies”
Sir Francis Bacon
“Still to Be Neat”, “Song to Celia”, “On My First Son”
Ben Jonson
“To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars”
Richard Lovelace
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”
Robert Herrick
