Lit Sem 2 test 1

Question 1

Lost his son, first wife, and his eye sight in 1652

Answer 1

John Milton

Question 2

Sonnet 7

Answer 2

A private reflection;
Problem: slow maturity
Resolution: trust in God

Question 3

Sonnet 18

Answer 3

public declaration denouncing persecution of the Protestants

Question 4

Sonnet 19

Answer 4

Private reflections about his loss of sight and opportunity to use his talent. Patience speaks and reminds him that he can still serve God

Question 5

Paradise Lost

Answer 5

Exhibits the standard epic feature
Subject matter is unconventional
Theme: justify the ways of God to man
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Question 6

Contemporary of John Donne and William Shakespear

Answer 6

Ben Jonson

Question 7

Converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism

Answer 7

Ben Jonson

Question 8

Frequently embroiled in controversy

Answer 8

Ben Jonson

Question 9

Killed a fellow actor in a duel

Answer 9

Ben Jonson

Question 10

Imprisoned twice for acting in plays offensive to the government

Answer 10

Ben Jonson

Question 11

In 1616 Ben Jonson became the first English author to…

Answer 11

Publish his own works

Question 12

Ruled despotically “Literary London”

Answer 12

Ben Jonson

Question 13

Jonson’s group of poets were know as…

Answer 13

the “Caviler Poets” or “Tribe of Ben”

Question 14

Goal of Jonson’s poetry

Answer 14

Naturalism

Question 15

Something Ben Jonson recognized about art

Answer 15

that laborious art is not art of the highest order

Question 16

Song to Celia

Answer 16

“Celia”–Jonson’s imaginary love that he writes to

Compliments her and sends a wreath to her that she breaths on and sends back

Question 17

Still to be neat

Answer 17

Appearance vs. reality (Renaissance theme)

prefers a lady to be less artificial

Question 18

On my first son

Answer 18

Addressed to his son that died of the plague at age of 7.

vows to not become too fond of something he could lose

Question 19

Writer of the finest devotional poetry in history

Answer 19

George Herbert

Question 20

From an Aristocratic family

Answer 20

George Herbert

Question 21

Influenced by his mother to have a career in the church

Answer 21

George Herbert

Question 22

died of Tuberculosis in 1633

Answer 22

George Herbert

Question 23

Allegory:

Answer 23

an extended metaphor, a story on two or more levels

Question 24

John Donne’s poetry is evidence of…

Answer 24

a deep spiritual change

Question 25

Catholic in a predominantly Protistant society

Answer 25

John Donne

Question 26

Converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism

Answer 26

John Donne

Question 27

Imprisoned for marrying a 17 yr old without parental consent

Answer 27

John Donne

Question 28

Most celebrated preacher in the city of famous preacher who preached the funeral service of James 1

Answer 28

John Donne

Question 29

Conciet

Answer 29

a striking and often sustained figurative comparison

Question 30

The Anniversary

Answer 30

Celebrating the one year anniversary of meeting his love
Thesis: “our love hath no decay”
exalts the virtue of constancy

Question 31

Epigram

Answer 31

a short, compact poem making a wise or humorous observation and ending with a witty twist

Question 32

Holy Sonnet 7

Answer 32

allusion to Revelation 7

read as a prayer for all worshipers to take confession of their sin seriously

Question 33

A Hymn to God the Father

Answer 33

author has repentant attitude

pun on the words Donne/done

Question 34

something about cambridge

Answer 34

Herbert

Question 35

a time of change

Answer 35

the 17th century

Question 36

believed he should be head of the governemnt and the church

Answer 36

James 1

Question 37

with this bill, no Roman Catholics could rule and the crown could not do away with the laws

Answer 37

Declaration of rights

Question 38

agreed to the declaration of rights that would limit their power

Answer 38

William and Mary

Question 39

with the increase of the middle class came

Answer 39

a larger membership in the house of commons

Question 40

to Puritans, the Anglican church retained

Answer 40

many Catholic traits

Question 41

by 1650 there were

Answer 41

standard spellings of most words

Question 42

First English dictonary

Answer 42

King James I