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Enlightenment/ Frankenstein Flashcards

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Why is the beginning of the Enlightenment also referred to as the Restoration?

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Charles II was restored as King

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What was the central problem with King George Hanover I

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He didn’t speak English

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What 17th century philosopher proposed the empirical view that a man is born as “tabula rasa”

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John Locke

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The application of what method led to the Industrial Revolution

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Scientific

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Grammatologist Robert Lowth stated that one should never split an Infiniti e in English because:

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It’s impossible to do so in Latin

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Which of the following did Enlightenment writers not endorse

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Passion and emotion

As opposed to reason

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What is the central difference between Horatian and Juvenalian satire

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Juvenalian tends to be more bitter and angry

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8
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English tyranny in Ireland included:

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Control of exports and imports

Enforcement of anti-Catholic laws

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Swift’s criticism in “A Modest Proposal” is aimed at:

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British tyranny
Irish complacency
Religious persecution

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What is the real historical commentary behind Swift’s suggestion that they save a sixth of the population to continue breeding

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England was treating Ireland like livestock

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How does Swift cleverly end his essay

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By stating that his children are beyond the age of eating

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What is Mary Wollstonecraft’s central desire in “A Vindiction of the Rights of Women”

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Reform in education

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Why does Wollstonecraft continuously assert that men are physically stronger than women

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To placate to her primarily audience
Establish her logic
Insert some sarcasm and irony

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In addition to writing essays, what was Samuel Johnson’s other main contribution to the English language

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A comprehensive dictionary

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According to Johnson’s preface, what has happened to the English language over time

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It has been subjected to ignorance
It has spread/expanded rapidly and randomly
It has been neglected

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Although the language of Thomas Gray’s poem is neoclassical, it’s ideology is most similar to what movement

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Romantic

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17
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Although this poem began as an elegy for his friend Richard West, who does this poem really end up being for

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The simple and rural

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18
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What two metaphors does he use to exemplify the potential of the people in the ground

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A gem in the ocean and a desert flower

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Why does he end the poem with his own epitaph

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To identify with and place himself with these people

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What revolution was influential for Romantic ideals

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French, American and Industrial Revolution

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21
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What is the date of the storming of the Bastille

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1789

22
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Although Frace occupied much of England’s attention, what problem(s) did Britaineal with within the country

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Poor sanitation/disease in overcrowded cities
Archaic/outdated laws
Unrest in the colonies

23
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What was Napolean’s biggest mistake

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Attempting to conquer Russia

24
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Much of Mary Shelley’s early life was defined by her contentious relationship with whom

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Her stepmother

25
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What inspired Shelley to write Frankenstein in the first place

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A challenge by her friend

26
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Why does Shelley begin Frankenstein with the frame story of Walton’s letters

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Establish some authenticity/credibility
To compare Victor and Walton
To interest the reader in Medias Res

27
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What is Walton desperately seeking before he encounters Victor

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A like-minded friend

28
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What is supposedly the central reason that Victor begins telling his story to Walton

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To save Walton from the same fate

29
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What tragedy happened to Victor at a young age that influences his later pursuits

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His mom dies

30
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What “natural” event occurs while Victor is young that initially scares him but eventually inspires him to pursue science

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Lightning hitting a tree

31
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The first time that Victor speaks of Elizabeth and continually throughout the novel he refer to her as what

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“mine”

32
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Which of the following authors did Victor read growing up that inspired him towards greatness

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Find answer

33
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Why does Victor reject the creature after creating him

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The creature is ugly

34
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Why does Victor want to create the creature in the first place

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To create a supreme being
Play God
Stop death

35
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What is often said to be sublime throughout the novel

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Nature

36
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What is the historical social commentary behind Justine’s trial and execution

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The justice system was flawed

37
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“I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.”

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Creature

38
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What is the most important book that the creature reads

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Paradise Lost

39
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Who is the only person not immediately horrified by the creature

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De Lacey

40
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Why does the creature demand that Victor build him a female companion

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So there is another like him
For her to be his Eve
Victor owes him as his creator

41
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Why does Victor eventually tear the creation up

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He is afraid of them breeding
She hasn’t made any promises
It would be selfish

42
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How does the creature kill all of his victims

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Strangles them

43
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Who does Victor seemingly pray to in the graveyard

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Devil, demons

44
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How does the end of the novel demonstrate Victor’s degeneration

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Allusions to Paradise Lost (Lucifer)
Victor locked up for months after his father’s death
Referring to his revenge as a pilgrimage

45
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What evidence suggests that Victor has learned nothing from his own story

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Asking Walton to undertake his pilgrimage
Encouraging the members of the ship to continue north
Deluding himself into thinking that his dreams are reality

46
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According to the author’s intro, what is Shelley’s ambivalence with her own novel

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She calls it her “hideous progeny”
Remains her of happier times with Percy
In part the product of expectations of her famous parents/Percy

47
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What does the creature resolve to do in the end

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Burn himself at a funeral pyre

48
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What do Adam and Eve experience several times in Paradise Lost that becomes a metaphor for imagination in Romantics

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Dreams

49
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What is emphasized about Lucifer several times in Paradise Lost

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He carries hell within him
Evil is his good
He is superficial

50
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What is the ambivalence at the end of Paradise Lost

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Adam and Eve are banished but are together
Adam and Eve are exiled from Eden but the world is before them
Adam and Eve have sinned but will be redeemed

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