Neoclassic Test

Question 1

Who wrote Paradise Lost?

Answer 1

John Milton

Question 2

Who is known for satire?

Answer 2

Jonathan Swift

Question 3

Modeled after Latin

Answer 3

Neoclassical literature

Question 4

What is an elegy?

Answer 4

a poem that mourns a death

Question 5

What is an ode?

Answer 5

Poem glorifying something

Question 6

Who is the founder of English prose?

Answer 6

John Dryden

Question 7

Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels?

Answer 7

Jonathan Swift

Question 8

Name of card game from Rape of the Locke?

Answer 8

Ombre

Question 9

What is a mock epic?

Answer 9

a long humorous narrative poem that take something unimportant and elevated is by using the styles of true epics

Question 10

What was important about journalism?

Answer 10

it emerged as a mainstream part of culture

Question 11

What is an antithesis?

Answer 11

the complete opposite of the thesis or an example of what something shouldn’t be

Question 12

What was important about novels?

Answer 12

they are new and women became predominant readers

Question 13

Which work alludes to the Inferno?

Answer 13

Paradise Lost

Question 14

Who fell in love with an 8 year old?

Answer 14

Jonathan Swift

Question 15

Who did Andrew Marvel save from dying?

Answer 15

John Milton

Question 16

Who wrote Rape of the Locke?

Answer 16

Alexander Pope

Question 17

Who had Potts disease?

Answer 17

Alexander Pope

Question 18

List 3 appeals in satire and what they are?

Answer 18

Logical Appeal- Facts and Statistics
Emotional Appeal- Strong feelings
Ethical appeal- Sincere and qualified

Question 19

Tell 2 ways Rape of the Locke is similar to the Odyssey?

Answer 19

boasting speeches and elaborate descriptions

Question 20

Why does good exist?

Answer 20

Because evil exists

Question 21

Name 2 benefits of The Modest Proposal plan?

Answer 21

prevent them from being a burden to their parents and husbands will treat their wives with more respect