Everyman (7) & Non-Fiction (8)

Question 1

Everyman (aka The Somonyng [Summoning] of Everyman)

Answer 1

• Late 15th-century Morality Play
• Like John Bunyan’s 1678 Christian novel The Pilgrim’s Progress, Everyman uses allegorical character to examine the question of Christian salvation and what Man must do to attain it
• The conflict between good and evil is dramatized by the interactions between the characters
• Everyman learns that when you are brought to death and placed before God all you are left with is your own good deeds.

Question 2

Non-Fiction

Answer 2

Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and people.
(Such as biography or history)

Question 3

Dictionary on the English Language

Answer 3

By Samuel Johnson. (First known Non-Fiction book?? For English?)

Question 4

Biographies

Answer 4

Non-fiction writing on one’s life.

Question 5

Diaries

Answer 5

A book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences. (Non-fiction)

Question 6

Samuel Pepys & John Evelyn

Answer 6

Diarists whose memoirs and diaries have been preserved

Question 7

James Boswell

Answer 7

Wrote the biography of Samuel Johnson

Question 8

Memoirs

Answer 8

A historical accord or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources. (Non-fiction)

Question 9

Letter

Answer 9

A written communication, especially one sent in an envelope by mail or messenger. (Non-fiction; epistolary novels consist of letters)