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1
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In what year did the Restoration & Enlightenment begin?

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1660

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In what year did the Restoration & Enlightenment end?

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1798

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3
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What English monarch returned from exile to restore the Monarchy?

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King Charles 2

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4
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Charles II was a member of what house?

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Stuart

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In what country did Charles II spend most of his exile?

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France

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What religion did Charles II re-establish in England?

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Anglacanism

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What new political party wanted to limit royal authority?

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Whigs

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What new political party supported royal authority?

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Tories

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9
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After Charles II died, who became King?

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King James 2

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What do we call the forced abdication of the throne by James II?

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The Glorious Revolution

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11
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After James II abdicated the throne, who became King?

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King William 3

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12
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After James II abdicated the throne, who became Queen?

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Queen Mary 2

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13
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What royal decree barred Catholics from the English throne?

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The act of settlement

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14
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What protestant sister of Mary established Great Britain?

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Queen Anne

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What distant German cousin of Queen Anne was next in line to obtain the throne?

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King George I

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16
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George I was a member of what house?

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Hanover

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17
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What son of George I was the next King of England?

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King George II

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18
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To which monarch does “The Madness of King George” refer?

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George III

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19
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What is The Enlightenment also known as?

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the age of reason

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20
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What is the literary movement that focused on order, balance, logic and reason known as?

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neoclassicism

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21
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What political philosopher taught the rights of citizens to revolt against an unfair government?

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John Locke

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22
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What scientist developed the Scientific Method, as well as explaining gravity and motion?

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Sir Isaac Newton

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23
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When was the “Golden Age of Satire?”

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17th-18th century

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24
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What is satire?

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A literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society

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25
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Where did satire begin?

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Greece

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26
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Where did satire “come into its own?”

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Rome

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27
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It was believed that satirists were the guardians of the what?

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The Culture

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28
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What is horatian satire?

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Playfully amusing and refined. It seeks to correct vice or foolishness with gentle laughter and understanding

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29
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What is juvenalian satire?

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Provokes a darker kind of laughter. It is often bitter, or even angry, and criticizes corruption or incompetence with scorn and outrage

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30
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Who wrote the first English dictionary

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Robert Cawdrey

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31
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What is the (shortened) title of the first English dictionary

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A Table Alphabeticall

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32
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Approximately how many entries were in A Table Alphabeticall?

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2,500

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33
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Who single-handedly wrote A Dictionary of the English Language

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Samuel Johnson

34
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Approximately how many entries were in A Dictionary of the English Language?

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42,773

35
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What is a Lexicographer

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Someone who writes and studies dictionaries

36
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Who wrote A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language

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John Walker

37
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What American published An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828?

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Noah Webster

38
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In 1857, what society resolved to promote a “New English Dictionary?

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The Philological Society

39
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James A.H. Murray was the first editor of what dictionary?

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The Oxford English Dictionary

40
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Approximately how many entries were in the first edition of The Oxford English Dictionary

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414,000

41
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Who is known as the greatest satirist of the English language

A

Jonathan Swift

42
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In what city was Jonathan Swift born to English parents

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Dublin

43
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In what religion did Jonathan Swift become ordained priest

A

Anglican

44
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In what English political party was Jonathan Swift a member

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whig

45
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What is verbal irony?

A

What is said is the opposite of what it meant

46
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In the 1700’s, what country completely dominated Ireland

A

England

47
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In the 1700’s, what group of people in Ireland could not vote, hold office, buy land, or receive an education

A

Catholics

48
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In “A Modest Proposal,” what is the “great town” that the narrator refers to in the opening paragraph

A

Dublin

49
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In “A Modest Proposal,” what is it that bothers those who walk through the streets

A

number women on the streets and number of children those women have

50
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In “A Modest Proposal,” what is meant by the phrase, “a child just dropped from its dam”

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a child that was just born

51
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In “A Modest Proposal,” to whom does the narrator apply the term “breeders”

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number of children who won’t be eaten will become breeders

52
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In “A Modest Proposal,” what “livelihood” do poor children allegedly begin at age six

A

stealing

53
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In “A Modest Proposal,” when does Swift’s satiric purpose become quite obvious

A

when he suggests making the children into food

54
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In “A Modest Proposal,” what secondary, and supposedly desirable, effect will the eating of Catholic children have

A

A reduction

55
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In “A Modest Proposal,” what purpose is the skin of babies to serve

A

To make clothing

56
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In “A Modest Proposal,” why isn’t the narrator concerned about getting rid of the “aged, diseased, or maimed

A

They are going to die soon anyways

57
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Why did the author write “A Modest Proposal

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To better the treatment of people from Ireland

58
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Who wrote The Rape of the Lock

A

Alexander pope

59
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What is a heroic couplet

A

pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter and A metrical pattern of five feet, each of which consists of two syllables, first unstressed, second stressed

60
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The first half of the 18th century is sometimes called the Age of what?

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The Age of Pope

61
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At what age did Pope publish “The Rape of the Lock?”

A

24

62
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What disease of the spine did Pope develop at the age of 12

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Developed TB

63
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Because he developed Tuberculosis (TB), Pope never grew taller than what height

A

4’6’’

64
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What is a mock epic

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Lofty style and conventions of epic poetry to satirize a trivial subject

65
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What is an allusion

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A brief reference to a fictional or historical person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage

66
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In The Rape of the Lock, whose hair is the subject of the Baron’s lust

A

Belinda’s

67
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In The Rape of the Lock, who warns Bellinda of the impending danger

A

ariel

68
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In The Rape of the Lock, what “epic” game do the party-goers play to pass the time

A

Ombre

69
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In The Rape of the Lock, what causes the Baron’s brain to think of new strategies to gain the lock

A

The smell of the coffee

70
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In The Rape of the Lock, what “deadly” weapon does Belinda use to fight back?

A

Hairpin

71
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In The Rape of the Lock, where is it believed the lock of hair is located now and forever

A

Heaven

72
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Who wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman?”

A

Mary Wollstonecraft

73
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What did a woman’s education cover during the Enlightenment

A

Piano, singing, embroidery

74
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Mary Wollstonecraft is known as the mother of what?

A

Feminism

75
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What is antithesis

A

contrast or opposition between two things

76
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What is the author’s major claim in “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A

women should have a better education to become better mothers and wives

77
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What concession does “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” make in regards to women’s physical strength

A

women are weaker than men

78
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What reason does “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” give to refute the concern that a better education will make women too masculine

A

Because it will make them better wives and mothers

79
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According to “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” give to refute the the contention that the purpose of education is to make women more pleasing to men

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Wives and mothers shouldn’t be treated and seen as mistresses. So their education should be used to better them as mothers and wives

80
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In “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” what is a woman’s desire to be loved rather than respected compared to

A

servant and a monarch

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