final Flashcards
T/F George III was King of England when the American Colonies were lost
True
T/F France invading the Netherlands sparked a 25 year war against Britain
True
T/F Napoleon is credited for passing the Act of the Union
False
T/F Napoleon’s last battle was an attempted invasion of Russia
False
T/F Napoleon was exiled to waterloo
False
T/F Laissez Faire is a form of democratic government
Fasle
T/F After war with France, British veterans faced high unemployment rates
True
T/F The corn law taxed all imported grains to England
True
T/F The Industrial Revolution was beneficial for all classes of people in England
False
T/F The Luddite Riots involved unemployment factory workers to destroy machinery
True
died of tuberculosis at age of 25
John Keats
Was considered a lunatic because he had hallucinations
William Blake
Held a seat in the House of Lords
Lord Byron
wrote poems to pass the time while farming
Robert burns
worked on a book of poetry with fellow poet william Wordsworth
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
His wife wrote frankenstein
Percy Shelly
Developed the illuminated printing technique
William Blake
had numerous affairs while married
Lord Byron
Famous Scottish songwriter
Robert Burns
gave up on medicine to become a poet
John Keats
Which of the following was a result of the reign of terror?
Radicals killed thousands of French aristocrats
in 1811, George III was…
declared permanently insane
which of the following was NOT an issue in England during the Romantic Period?
The black Plague killed 1/3 of the population
Which of the following was true of Napoleon?
- ) He abandoned democracy
- )named himself emperor
- ) extremely smart with politics and military
What ended up defeating Napoleon in his attempt to conquer russia?
The cold weather
Which of the following was a result of the act of Union?
- ) Ireland joined the United Kingdom
2. ) Ireland gained representation in Parliament
What does the Lamb signify in Blake’s poem “the Lamb”
Jesus and Innocence
what is the main comparison that is presented in the “tiger”
the ferocious tiger was created by the same God that created the Lamb
how is the author jealous of the mouse in the poem “to a mouse”
The mouse lives in the present while people regret the past and fear the future
Which of the following is NOT a wish of the author in “to a louse”
that the louse was on him instead
in sonnet: england in 1819 who is the author criticizing?
George III
in the poem, “when we two parted” what is the author upset about?
his girlfriend broke up with him and he hates hearing about her
Which of the following is untrue in “She walks like Beauty”?
her hair is beautiful
what is ironic about “on this day i complete my 36th year”?
the author died shortly after writing it
in the poem, “to autumn” what does the author use the season (autumn) to represent?
Old age and death
What does the author of “when I have fears that I may cease to be” regret?
missed opportunities in creativity and love
Kubla Khan is about
a guy who builds a pleasure dome
the irony is Ozymandias is that
He claims to be king for eternity but his statue is destroyed
what does Shelley request of the skylark in “to a skylark”
teach him to sing like the bird
T/F Plays that poked fun at the artificial society of the middle class were called comedies of Manners
False
T/F Swift’s proposal would increase the number of marriages in ireland
True
T/F IN his “Modest proposal” Swift is satirizing English policies in Ireland
True
T/F Gulliver’s travels is considered by many to be England’s first novel
False
T/F A vindication for the rights of women was written to encourage women to be stronger
True
T/F The rape of the lock was satirical account of a real event
true
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
False
T/F The english bill of rights was proposed by William and Mary
True
T/F in “a journal of the plague year” the man cures himself of the plague by bathing in the Thames River
True
T/F defoe’s journal of the plague year is a real story set in a fictional setting
False
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
True
T/F Aphra Behn chose damon over alexis in “On her loving two equally “
False
T/F Swift says that his plan is ONLY for children up to one year of age ( no older)
True
T/F in order to make his proposal seem serious, swift added realistic mathematic calculations
True
T/F Although gullivers travels has been viewed as a children’s story it is actually a scathing satire of english politics and society
True
T/F The king of brobdingnag finds it odd that ignorance, idleness, and vice are the ingredients for qualifying as a legislator
True
T/F While contemplating the graveyard, Gray wonders if under different circumstances, one of those ordinary persons could have been great
True
T/F Thomas Gray admired the rich and powerful in english society
False
He was englands first poet Laureate
John Dryden
the restoration period included all of the following except
the industrial revolution
great britain was created when england united with this country
scotland
The restoration period is also called the age of reason and the
enlightenment
according to wollstonecraft society educated women to
be pleasing to men
these writers modeled their works on those of ancient greece and rome
neo-classical
written at the close of spring is depressing because
humans don’t get another spring
Pepys attended the coronation of
charles II
The coronation takes place at
Westminister abbey
How is “written at the close of spring” different from other shakespearean sonnets
it takes a negative turn, rather than a positive
The narrator of A journal… is decided to remain in the city
after reading a passage in the bible
The narrator goes to the burial pit so he can
watch the burial detail throw the bodies into the pit
The man in the brown cloak follows the death cart to the pit because
he just lost his wife and kids to the plague
swift doesn’t bother figuring out what to do with the sick and old in ireland because
they’re king as fast as can be expected
Swift claims no one should object to his proposal because
all other proposals have failed
When gulliver tries to free himself from his bonds, the lilliputians
shoot him with arrows
the method the Lilliputians selected members of high office was to have candidates
dance on a rope
What happens to the lock of hair
it goes to heaven
swift satirizes the petty differences in political parties in england through
the low heels and high heels
The king of brobdingnag thinks england is
a terrible place
when living with the giants, gulliver constantly pestered by
large flies
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
death makes everyone the same
gray talks about everyones desire to be
remembered
turned satire into a true art form
Johnathan Swift
British spy, codename agent 160
Aphra Behn
Born in ireland and this was concerned more with Irish problems than with english ones
Johnathan Swift
mother of feminism
Mary Wollstonecraft
Was dean of st patricks cathedral
Johnathan Swift
opposed marriage
Mary Wollstonecraft
revolutionist writer
Smith
was accused of murder but was able to beat the rap
Samuel Pepys
kept a diary written to his own special shorthand
samuel pepys
self taught because he was refused a college eduction due to religion
Alexander Pope
Deformed from tuberculosis
Alexander pope
Used heroic couplets in his writing
Alexander Pope
