Final Exam Flashcards
Renaissance
The rebirth of classical learning
English Reformation
The English Church’s break away from Roman Catholicism
In the address to the troops at Tilbury about to fight the Spanish Armada, Queen Elizabeth says, “I know I have the body of a weak ad feeble woman, but I have the stomach of..
A King
What does the word “this” refer to in this shakespearean sonnet? “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,/ So long lives this, and gives this to thee,”
The sonnet itself
The moral virtue represented in book one of the Faerie Queen is
Holiness
In the prefatory letter to the Faerie Queen, Spenser explains that the title character allegorizes glory in general but in particular, what historical figure?
Queen Elizabeth
Rhyme Scheme for Shakespearean Sonnet
abab abab cdcd ee
Why doesn’t the lion eat Una?
Because she is beautiful and innocent and he wants to protect her.
At the beginning of the Tempest, why are the passengers at sea when their ship encounters a tempest?
They’re returning from a wedding in Tunis, North Africa
Why was Prospero’s brother Antonio able to usurp his dukedom?
Prospero was too busy seeking knowledge in books
Who says, “This island’s mine, by Sycorax my mother”
Caliban
What does Ariel want most of all?
freedom
Besides Ferdinand, which one of the visitors to the island does prosper praise for his goodness?
gonzalo
Who says “How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world/ that has such people in’t!”
Miranda
Having read The Tempest, do you agree with the world view “How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world/ that has such people in’t!”
I do not agree with this statement because once on the island, most of the passengers from the ship have bad intentions and are power hungry
Which Character do you find the most interesting in the Tempest?
Ariel because he wants freedom more than anything but enjoys his job and is eager to get more “assignments” from Prospero
In his epilogue, what does prospero ask his audience to do?
Applaud
In writing paradise lost in blank verse, Milton was using the standard verse-form of what earlier poet that we have read?
Shakespeare
Blank Verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter, used by Shakespeare
When the poet in paradise lost says, “I may assert Eternal Providence,/ and justify the ways of God to men,” he means that his task is to to explain:
Why God allows evil and sorrow into the world
What was the sin that caused Satan’s fall from Heaven?
Pride
Satan is described as “Vaunting aloud but rack’d with deep___”
despair
What does the council of fallen angels at Pandemonium decide is the best strategy to be revenged on God?
Hurt God through setting God against his favored race of mankind
According to this poem, of what tree are Adam and Eve forbidden to eat?
The tree of knowledge of good and evil
From your reading of paradise lost, how do you think Milton felt about women?
It seems that milton did not like women. The scene with Adam and Eve demonstrates this because Eve tries to tempt Adam to eat the apple, eventually causing the fall of man
Identify two ways in which Paradise Lost has characteristics of an epic poem
It begins in media reis and it features a descent to the underworld
When in book nine do Adam and Eve have sex?
After they’ve eaten from the tree
What reason is given for war between lilliput and blefuscu?
They can’t agree on which end people should break their eggs
How does Gulliver break the law in Lilliput so that he has to run away?
He pees on the palace
Of all the strange types of creatures he meets, which does Gulliver admire the most?
The Houyhnhnms
Satire
A work that makes fun of something else by calling people’s attention and forcing them to question the original idea that is being satirized. It is used in Gulliver’s Travels
Yahoos
The human-like creatures who live on the island with the Houhnhnms. Gulliver is considered a Yahoo
Master Bates
Crude Humor and puns such as this were used in Gulliver’s travels and popular among the scribelus club.
Pope’s Essay on Criticism says that the critic’s first guide should be able to follow what?
nature
The verse-form of Johnson’s Vanity of Human Wishes is:
Heroic Couplets
Heroic Couplet
a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.
In act one of The Beggar’s Opera, what has Polly Peachum done to make her parents upset?
Married Macheath
How does Lucy plan to get revenge on Polly in The Beggar’s Opera?
Poison her
Is Macheath a hero? Compare him to another hero
I don’t believe he is a hero because he does things like rob people. It’s interesting to compare him with Satan in Paradise Lost. Both Characters could be framed as heroes but they are still doing very unheroic things when you look at their actions in context
Newgate
The prison in The Beggar’s Opera where Machete is sent. You get sent there before execution
Peachum
Mr. Peachum in The Beggar’s Opera. he gets money for selling out criminals and selling their stolen goods
The South Sea Bubble
an investment scandal in the 1700s that caused everyone to lose their money. The Beggar’s opera is relevant to the South Sea Bubble because it took place during this time and many people were poor
The Ancients
classic poets like Homer. We should look at them as auctoritee
Ballads
Songs for poor people- topics included current events and romances
Cardinal Wolsey
an example of someone who went down hill in Pope’s Essay on criticism
Where does fantomina first get the idea of pretending to be a prostitute?
At a playhouse (theatre)
Fantomina calls her final disguise incognita because
she doesn’t let Beaplausir see her properly
The verse-form of Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village” is
heroic couplets
Which adjectives could be used to describe “The Deserted Village” and “Elegy in a Churchyard”?
Melancholic, nostalgic, reflective
In your opinion, does Fantomina get what she deserves? Compare her with another figure who gets poetic justice.
Yes. She made the decision to have the affairs all by herself and it seems fair that she should have to deal with the consequences alone too. She can be compared to Eve in paradise lost because she also made a mistake and had to deal with consequences however she also brought down others with her.
Widow Bloomer
the second to last disguise assumed by fantomina. The widow has an elaborate story about trying to get her husband’s money back
Beaplausir
the object of fantomina’s desire throughout the novella. He has affairs with each of her characters and is the father of her child
Novella
short novel
A village called Auburn
The deserted Village
omniscent narrator
knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story. Fantomina has an omniscient narrator
