Self Test

Question 1

iambic pentameter; literary device common to Alexander Pope and other Neo-classical poets

Answer 1

Heroic couplet

Question 2

revivalist preacher in the Thirteen Colonies

Answer 2

George Whitefield

Question 3

most influential leader of British revivals

Answer 3

John Wesley

Question 4

Standing out in English literature as masters of satire are __________ and ___________.

Answer 4

Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope

Question 5

(Dangling modifier–add a subject to the dangling modifier) Striving for excellence, the classics were the pattern of Alexander Pope’s works.

Answer 5

Striving for excellence, Alexander Pope patterned his works after the classics.

Question 6

(Dangling modifier–add a subject to the dangling modifier) To find just the right words, a thesaurus should be on hand.

Answer 6

To find just the right words, you should have a thesaurus on hand.

Question 7

(Dangling modifier–add a subject to the dangling modifier) While traveling in America, slavery troubled George Whitefield.

Answer 7

While traveling in America, George Whitefield was troubled by slavery.