Stuart Period Test Flashcards
List the three reasons the Commonwealth government failed.
- It sank further and further into debt, 2. Independents and Presbyterians couldn’t agree on matters of church government, 3. Richard Cromwell was not an effective successor to his father
What year did the Restoration take place?
1660
List three facts about the Westminster Confession.
It temporarily replaced the 39 articles of the English church, it became the official creed of the Scottish Presbyterian church, it was comprised of a longer and shorter catechism
Define Latitudinarianism.
The broadening of Christian identity that limits doctrinal essentials
During whose reign did the first English dictionaries appear?
James I
What did William and Mary do after they were crowned king and queen?
Write a Bill of Rights
What did Sir Francis Bacon conclude is needed?
More direct observation of external phenomena and less dependence on ancient authorities such as Aristotle and Galen for information about the physical world
What two things did Bacon’s style of his essays show?
Extreme compression and balance
When Bacon advocates reading books rapidly and superficially, what process does he describe?
Swallowing
Read only in parts (skimming)
To be tasted
To read it and know what’s there
To be swallowed cursorily
To read it wholly with diligence and attention
To be chewed and digested
In “Of Great Place”, what principles is Bacon talking about?
Great leadership
Bacon concluded they needed to accept what as graciously as possible?
Criticism
They needed to learn to do what as a general rule?
Delegate responsibilities
We should give clear reasons when we what?
Change our position
Why did Sir Francis Bacon go on trial?
For taking bribes (confessed he was guilty but wasn’t influenced to show favoritism)
Bacon says when a man gains power over others, paradoxically, he does what?
Loses power over himself, his own time and actions
Death presses heavily on him who dies well known to others but …?
Unknown to himself
List two things about the quote: “Illi mors gravis incubat, qui notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi.”
It was a quote from a play and was the best well-known and most influential moral maxim of the Renaissance
What precedes repentance in salvation?
Self-recognition
John Donne converted from what to what?
Catholicism to Anglicanism
What was John Donne jailed for?
An imprudent marriage to his bosses 17 year old niece
John Donne became the dean of what?
St. Paul’s cathedral
What 20th century poet was largely responsible for a resurgence of literary interest in Donne?
T.S. Elliot
Donne wrote treaties against what?
Catholicism
List the four characteristics of metaphysical verse.
They have arrestingly abrupt openings, dramatic personal quality, roughened meter, and striking figurative physical comparisons (conceit)
What differentiates the metaphysical from the Petrarchan conceit?
The logical rather than the literal or physical basis of comparison
Know Enjambement, Caesura, apostrophe, epigrams, and pun.
I never put these in my notes so yeah
“Your trumpets, Angels; and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities” is en example of what three literary concepts?
Enjambement, Caesura, and apostrophe
What occurs prior to taking holy communion?
Self-examination
The speaker’s attitude in “A Hymn to God the Father” is described as what?
Confident
What is the theme of his second sermon?
God is so powerful, He can easily reconcile opposites
What is unusual about the statement “Stand still and I will read to thee”?
It is a command (not the usual way to start a poem)
The way “Lecture Upon a Shadow” is started is characteristic of what?
His verses (also metaphysical)
Ben Jonson was the first English author to what?
Publish his own works
What was Jonson’s official title?
Poet laureate
What did Jonson’s imitators become known as?
The cavalier poets
What does Jonson’s poetry anticipate?
Neoclassicism
What three things does “Song to Celia” imply?
Celia’s gaze is better than heavenly drink, dead flowers revive at her breath, dead flowers retain her fragrance
What is the mythological drink of the gods?
Nectar
According to Jonson, so high a being cannot be honored by what?
An earthly symbol
How is Jonson’s poetry described?
Informal, yet clear and precise
George Herbert is known as the greatest writer of what?
English devotionals
Herbert wrote a series of poems called what, published shortly after his death?
“The Temple”
What is the religious viewpoint of “The Temple”?
Primarily Anglican
The sequence of poems in “The Temple” starts at the outside porch of the temple and ultimately ends where?
The Holy of Holies
How does the landlord grant his tenant’s request?
By dying
The poet apologizes for how he has used what?
His eyes
Herbert stresses that inward preparation for service is more important than what?
Outward preparation
What is the theme of “Virtue” that this poem applies in a Christian context that the cavalier poets used hedonistically?
Carpe diem
Rutherford’s “Lex Rex” advocates what three things?
Limited monarchy, theocracy, and ecclesiastical absolutism
Baxter’s “Saints Everlasting Rest” was written from the author’s personal experience with what?
Suffering
Baxter says that God has given us the spirit to do what?
Mortify the flesh
What was John Milton?
A writer and a politician who went blind
Milton was more what than what?
Independent than Presbyterian
Milton maintained that genuine virtue requires what?
Testing
Milton believed that Christ was not ________ with God.
Co-equal
What is the theme of Sonnet 18?
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church
What is the topic of the great prose treatise “Areopagitica”?
Freedom of the press
In “Paradise Lost”, the hero is _____ but the true hero is ______
Satan, Christ
According to the introductory lines, what is “Paradise Lost”’s primary purpose?
To justify the ways of God to men
What is the first question Milton asks?
“Who caused man to fall”?
Satan argued with Eve at the tree saying what three things?
“Surely God will not get angry over such a petty trespass”, “God will admire you for daring to challenge Him”, “Death actually means to become a god”
Satan erroneously associates what with what in his speech to Eve?
Innocence with ignorance
Why does God allow Satan to escape the lake of burning fire according to Milton?
So he could confirm his own damnation by repeatedly committing crimes and so that he could witness the failure of these attempts to thwart Providence
According to Milton, what happens when Eve eats of the fruit?
Nature groans and trembles
What is Pepys attitude toward the Puritans?
Inconsistent
Pepys is a ______ who helped build the ____ ______.
Diarist, British navy
At the conclusion of Dr. Bates’ sermon, Pepys expresses a fear of what?
Bad preachers
In the summary of the events of 1666, what three problems were occurring?
A demoralized navy, insufficient taxation, and powerful foreign enemies
What is the title of Bunyan’s spiritual autobiography?
“Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners”
The central metaphor of “Pilgrims Progress” compares life to what?
A journey
Bunyan’s style includes what three things?
Plain language, didacticism, and emotional sincerity
The narrator of “Pilgrims Progress” presents the story in what way?
As something he dreamed about
In the story, what does Christian do in regards to the mountain?
Christian climbs up to Mt. Sinai, becomes afraid that the mountain will fall on him, the hill turns out to be much steeper than Christian originally thought, and flames burst out of the hill
What wares are the most prominent and popular at Vanity Fair?
The wares of Italy
What do the pilgrims say they want to buy at Vanity Fair?
Truth
According to Good Will, how will Christian be able to distinguish the right paths from the wrong ones?
Only the right ones are straight and narrow
How do Christian’s neighbors and family react to his journey?
His neighbors mock his flight from home and his family members are generally unsupportive
Years of the Stuart period
1603-1688
