john donne context + critics

Question 1

What was Donne born as?

Answer 1

Born + raised a catholic

Question 2

What uni did Donne go to? How old was he?

Answer 2

Oxford uni at the age of 12

Question 3

Which era was Donne born into?

Answer 3

Elizabethan era

Question 4

What was the divine right of kings?

Answer 4

Kings/monarchy derived their power from God

Question 5

What was alchemy?

Answer 5

A medieval science that involved the discovery of ‘the philosophers stone’ by which base metals could turn into gold

Question 6

What did Galileo discover?

Answer 6

The earth revolves around the sun

Question 7

Which century did Donne live in?

Answer 7

16th century

Question 8

What decision did Donne make about his faith?

Answer 8

Renounced Catholic faith + adopted anglicism

Question 9

Who was Donne related to?

Answer 9

Sir Thomas Moore

Question 10

What happened to Sir Thomas Moore?

Answer 10

He was martyred for his Catholic faith

Question 11

What was the country as a whole when Donne was a Catholic?

Answer 11

Protestant

Question 12

What did Jonson say about Donne?

Answer 12

Donne, for not being understood would perish

Question 13

Who said Donne, for not being understood would perish?

Answer 13

Jonson

Question 14

What did Bell say about Donne + microcosm?

Answer 14

“Donne sees man as a microcosm of the universe”

Question 15

Who said Donne sees man as a microcosm of the universe?

Answer 15

Bell

Question 16

How does Bell say Donne views women?

Answer 16

“Women are creatures of the body rather than the intellect”

Question 17

Who says Donne thinks women are creatures of the body rather than the intellect?

Answer 17

Bell

Question 18

Who did Bell say Donne wrote for rather than the general public?

Answer 18

His wife, male wits, close friends, fellow poets and God

Question 19

What did King James persuade Donne to do?

Answer 19

Become an Anglican minister

Question 20

What is Petrarchan love?

Answer 20

Unrequited love

Question 21

What did Donne do before leaving university?

Answer 21

Taking the Oath of Allegiance to the Church of England

Question 22

Where did Donne study law?

Answer 22

Lincolns Inn

Question 23

What did Donne study at Lincolns Inn?

Answer 23

Law

Question 24

What did Donne volunteer to do?

Answer 24

Fight w the Earl off Essex in military expeditions to Cadiz in Spain

Question 25

What did Donne do after returning from Cadiz?

Answer 25

Became secretary to Sir Thomas Edgerton

Question 26

Who was Edgerton's niece?

Answer 26

Anne More

Question 27

Why did Ann More + Donne have to conceal their relationship?

Answer 27

Because of Anne's father, George More who would disapprove

Question 28

Who was put in jail?

Answer 28

Donne and his 2 friends who were witnesses to Donne + Ann More's wedding

Question 29

Who persuaded Donne become an Anglican minister?

Answer 29

King James

Question 30

How did Anne More (Donne) die?

Answer 30

7 days after the stillbirth of their 12th child

Question 31

What did Donne do after Anne More's death?

Answer 31

Became a dean of St Paul's cathedral

Question 32

Who said Donne is sick + his poetry is sick"

Answer 32

Fish

Question 33

What is an apostate?

Answer 33

A person who renounces a religious belief

Question 34

What does Smith say about Donne's religious writings?

Answer 34

"We find his religious writings a deep need for salvation"

Question 35

What does Philips call Donne?

Answer 35

"A disturbing misogynistic menace"

Question 36

What religion did Donne change from + to?

Answer 36

From Catholicism to Protestantism

Question 37

Who said there are two Donnes: Jack Donne + John Donne?

Answer 37

Walton

Question 38

What did Curry say about Donne?

Answer 38

"He seemed to shape shift his way through life"

Question 39

Who said Donne seemed to shape shift his way through life?

Answer 39

Curry

Question 40

What did Fish say about Donne?

Answer 40

"Donne is sick and his poetry is sick"

Question 41

What did Walton say about Donne?

Answer 41

"There are two Donnes: Jack Donne + John Donne"

Question 42

Who says Donne's religious writings a deep need for salvation?

Answer 42

Smith

Question 43

Who calls Donne a disturbing misogynistic menace?

Answer 43

Philips

Question 44

What century did Donne live in?

Answer 44

16th century

Question 45

What religion did John Donne move from + to?

Answer 45

Was a Roman Catholic + became a Protestant

Question 46

How did John Donne's brother die?

Answer 46

Caught the plague in jail

Question 47

Why was John Donne's brother arrested?

Answer 47

Harbouring a Jesuit priest

Question 48

What did John Donne do after his brother was arrested?

Answer 48

Questioned his Catholic faith

Question 49

Why was Donne a Renaissance man?

Answer 49

Embraced Platonic philosophy, cartography, Greek+Roman mythologies, diff religions (Jewish persecution of Jesus), astrology + astronomy, law, humanism + geography

Question 50

What does humanism mean?

Answer 50

Humans are at the centre of the world + worthy of consideration in their own right

Question 51

What is cartography?

Answer 51

The study of maps