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1
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T/F George III was King of England when the American Colonies were lost

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True

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T/F France invading the Netherlands sparked a 25 year war against Britain

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True

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3
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T/F Napoleon is credited for passing the Act of the Union

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False

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T/F Napoleon’s last battle was an attempted invasion of Russia

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False

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5
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T/F Napoleon was exiled to waterloo

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False

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6
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T/F Laissez Faire is a form of democratic government

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Fasle

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7
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T/F After war with France, British veterans faced high unemployment rates

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True

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8
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T/F The corn law taxed all imported grains to England

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True

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T/F The Industrial Revolution was beneficial for all classes of people in England

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False

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10
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T/F The Luddite Riots involved unemployment factory workers to destroy machinery

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True

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11
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died of tuberculosis at age of 25

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John Keats

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12
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Was considered a lunatic because he had hallucinations

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William Blake

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13
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Held a seat in the House of Lords

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Lord Byron

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14
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wrote poems to pass the time while farming

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Robert burns

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15
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worked on a book of poetry with fellow poet william Wordsworth

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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16
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His wife wrote frankenstein

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Percy Shelly

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17
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Developed the illuminated printing technique

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William Blake

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18
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had numerous affairs while married

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Lord Byron

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19
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Famous Scottish songwriter

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Robert Burns

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20
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gave up on medicine to become a poet

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John Keats

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21
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Which of the following was a result of the reign of terror?

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Radicals killed thousands of French aristocrats

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22
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in 1811, George III was…

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declared permanently insane

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23
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which of the following was NOT an issue in England during the Romantic Period?

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The black Plague killed 1/3 of the population

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24
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Which of the following was true of Napoleon?

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  1. ) He abandoned democracy
  2. )named himself emperor
  3. ) extremely smart with politics and military
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25
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What ended up defeating Napoleon in his attempt to conquer russia?

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The cold weather

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26
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Which of the following was a result of the act of Union?

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  1. ) Ireland joined the United Kingdom

2. ) Ireland gained representation in Parliament

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27
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What does the Lamb signify in Blake’s poem “the Lamb”

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Jesus and Innocence

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28
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what is the main comparison that is presented in the “tiger”

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the ferocious tiger was created by the same God that created the Lamb

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29
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how is the author jealous of the mouse in the poem “to a mouse”

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The mouse lives in the present while people regret the past and fear the future

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30
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Which of the following is NOT a wish of the author in “to a louse”

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that the louse was on him instead

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31
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in sonnet: england in 1819 who is the author criticizing?

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George III

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32
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in the poem, “when we two parted” what is the author upset about?

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his girlfriend broke up with him and he hates hearing about her

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33
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Which of the following is untrue in “She walks like Beauty”?

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her hair is beautiful

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34
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what is ironic about “on this day i complete my 36th year”?

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the author died shortly after writing it

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35
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in the poem, “to autumn” what does the author use the season (autumn) to represent?

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Old age and death

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36
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What does the author of “when I have fears that I may cease to be” regret?

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missed opportunities in creativity and love

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37
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Kubla Khan is about

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a guy who builds a pleasure dome

38
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the irony is Ozymandias is that

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He claims to be king for eternity but his statue is destroyed

39
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what does Shelley request of the skylark in “to a skylark”

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teach him to sing like the bird

40
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T/F Plays that poked fun at the artificial society of the middle class were called comedies of Manners

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False

41
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T/F Swift’s proposal would increase the number of marriages in ireland

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True

42
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T/F IN his “Modest proposal” Swift is satirizing English policies in Ireland

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True

43
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T/F Gulliver’s travels is considered by many to be England’s first novel

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False

44
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T/F A vindication for the rights of women was written to encourage women to be stronger

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True

45
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T/F The rape of the lock was satirical account of a real event

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true

46
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T/F to try to stop the spread of the fire, London’s mayor ordered ll of the fire departments to work through the night

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False

47
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T/F The english bill of rights was proposed by William and Mary

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True

48
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T/F in “a journal of the plague year” the man cures himself of the plague by bathing in the Thames River

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True

49
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T/F defoe’s journal of the plague year is a real story set in a fictional setting

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False

50
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T/F The fact that pepys went to retrieve the exiled king from France showed that he was a person of importance in the english government

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True

51
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T/F Aphra Behn chose damon over alexis in “On her loving two equally “

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False

52
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T/F Swift says that his plan is ONLY for children up to one year of age ( no older)

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True

53
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T/F in order to make his proposal seem serious, swift added realistic mathematic calculations

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True

54
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T/F Although gullivers travels has been viewed as a children’s story it is actually a scathing satire of english politics and society

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True

55
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T/F The king of brobdingnag finds it odd that ignorance, idleness, and vice are the ingredients for qualifying as a legislator

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True

56
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T/F While contemplating the graveyard, Gray wonders if under different circumstances, one of those ordinary persons could have been great

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True

57
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T/F Thomas Gray admired the rich and powerful in english society

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False

58
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He was englands first poet Laureate

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John Dryden

59
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the restoration period included all of the following except

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the industrial revolution

60
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great britain was created when england united with this country

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scotland

61
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The restoration period is also called the age of reason and the

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enlightenment

62
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according to wollstonecraft society educated women to

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be pleasing to men

63
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these writers modeled their works on those of ancient greece and rome

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neo-classical

64
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written at the close of spring is depressing because

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humans don’t get another spring

65
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Pepys attended the coronation of

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charles II

66
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The coronation takes place at

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Westminister abbey

67
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How is “written at the close of spring” different from other shakespearean sonnets

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it takes a negative turn, rather than a positive

68
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The narrator of A journal… is decided to remain in the city

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after reading a passage in the bible

69
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The narrator goes to the burial pit so he can

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watch the burial detail throw the bodies into the pit

70
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The man in the brown cloak follows the death cart to the pit because

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he just lost his wife and kids to the plague

71
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swift doesn’t bother figuring out what to do with the sick and old in ireland because

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they’re king as fast as can be expected

72
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Swift claims no one should object to his proposal because

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all other proposals have failed

73
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When gulliver tries to free himself from his bonds, the lilliputians

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shoot him with arrows

74
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the method the Lilliputians selected members of high office was to have candidates

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dance on a rope

75
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What happens to the lock of hair

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it goes to heaven

76
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swift satirizes the petty differences in political parties in england through

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the low heels and high heels

77
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The king of brobdingnag thinks england is

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a terrible place

78
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when living with the giants, gulliver constantly pestered by

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large flies

79
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in “elegy written in a country churchyard,” gray says that the rich and proud shouldn’t look down on the poor and plain people because

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death makes everyone the same

80
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gray talks about everyones desire to be

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remembered

81
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turned satire into a true art form

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Johnathan Swift

82
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British spy, codename agent 160

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Aphra Behn

83
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Born in ireland and this was concerned more with Irish problems than with english ones

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Johnathan Swift

84
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mother of feminism

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Mary Wollstonecraft

85
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Was dean of st patricks cathedral

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Johnathan Swift

86
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opposed marriage

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Mary Wollstonecraft

87
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revolutionist writer

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Smith

88
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was accused of murder but was able to beat the rap

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Samuel Pepys

89
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kept a diary written to his own special shorthand

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samuel pepys

90
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self taught because he was refused a college eduction due to religion

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Alexander Pope

91
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Deformed from tuberculosis

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Alexander pope

92
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Used heroic couplets in his writing

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Alexander Pope

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