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Stuart Period: Unit 4 Flashcards

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The Westminster confession became the official creed of the _________ ____________ Church, compromised of a longer and shorter catechism and temporarily replaced the _________-______ ___________ of the English Church

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Scottish Presbyterian

Thirty-Nine Articles

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Why did the commonwealth government fail?

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  1. The Presbyterian and Independents found it difficult to compromise on matters of church government
  2. Richard Cromwell as an ineffective successor to his father
  3. It sank further and further into debt
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What year did the restoration take place?

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1660

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What is religious latitudinarianism?

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A broadening of Christian identity that limits doctrinal essentials

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The first English dictionaries appeared during the reign of whom?

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James I

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Francis Bacon’s essays best exemplify the stylistic qualities of _________ and _________.

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compression

balance

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When Bacon advocates reading certain books rapidly and superficially he describes the process of ___________.

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swallowing

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In “Of Great Place”, Bacon includes what principles of good leadership:

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  1. Accept criticism graciously
  2. Learn to delegate responsibilities
  3. When you choose your position; give clear reasons for your decision
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Bacon states that when you gain power over others you paradoxically lose what?

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Power over himself

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John Donne converted from ____________ to ______________.

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Catholicism

Anglicanism

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Bacon was put on trial for taking?

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Bribes

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Why was John Donne jailed for?

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An imprudent marriage

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Donne became the _______ of __________ Cathedral

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Dean

St. Paul’s

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What are the characteristics of the metaphysical verse?

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  1. Arrestingly abrupt openings
  2. A dramatic, personal quality
  3. Striking figurative companies
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Donne’s lines “arise, arise/ From death, you numberless infinite/ Of souls” exemplify __________, __________, and ___________.

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Apostrophe
Caesura
Enjambment

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“A hymn to God the Father” is best described as ___________.

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Confident

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The theme of Donne’s second sermon except is?

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That God is so powerful that He can easily reconcile opposites

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What 12th century poet was largely responsible for the resurgence of literary interest in Donne?

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T.S. Elliot

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What primarily differentiates the metaphysical from the Petrachain conceit?

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The logic,a rather than the literal

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“Holy Sonnet 7” teaches self-examination prior to the taking of?

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Holy communism

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Who was the first English author to publish his own complete works?

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Ben Johnson

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What was Ben Johnson’s official title?

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Poet laureate

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Johnson’s imitators became known as the _________ poets.

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Cavalier

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Johnson’s poetry anticipates what?

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Neoclassicism

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“Song of Celia” implies what about Celia?

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  1. Her gaze is better than heavenly drink
  2. Dead flowers revive at her breath and retain her fragrance
  3. (Flowers) retain her fragrance
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Who is the greatest English writer of devotionals?

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George Herbert

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“The Temple” has an __________ religious viewpoint.

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Anglican

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The sequence of poems in “The Temple” starts at the outside porch of the temple and ultimately ends where?

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In the holy of holies

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In “Redemption”, the landlord grants his tenants wish by?

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Dying

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In the poem “Love”, the poet apologizes for what?

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How he used his eyes

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What is the theme applied in a Christian context that the Cavalier poets used hedonistically?

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Carpe Diem

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In “Arron”, Herbert stress that _______ preparation for service is more important than ________ preparation,

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Inward

Outward

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Rutherford’s “Lex Rex” advocated:

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  1. A limited monarchy
  2. A theocracy
  3. An ecclesiastical absolution
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The “Saint’s Everlasting Rest”, was written from the author’ sperosnal experience with?

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Suffering

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Baxter states that God has given us the Spirit to?

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Mortify the flesh

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Who was a politician and writer who went blind?

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John Milton

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True or False: John Milton was more Independent than Presbyterian

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True

37
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John Milton maintained that genuine virtue requires?

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Testing

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True or False: John Milton believed Christ was coequal with God

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False; he believed God was not coequal with God

39
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What is the theme of Sonnet 18?

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“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”

40
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What is the topic of the great prose treatise “Areopagitica”?

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Freedom of the press

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According to Romantics who is the hero of “Paradise Lost”?

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Satan

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Who is the true hero of “Paradise Lost”?

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Christ

43
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What is the primary purpose of “Paradise Lost”?

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To justify the ways of God to men

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What is the first question Milton asks in “Paradise Lost”?

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Who caused man to fall

45
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What does Satan argue with Eve at the tree:

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  1. Surely God will not get angry over such a petty trespass
  2. God will admire you for doing to challenge Him
  3. Death actually means to become a God
46
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What does Satan associate innocence with in his speech to Eve at the tree?

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Ignorance

47
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Why does God allow Satan to escape the burning lake?

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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

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According to Milton what happens to nature when Eve eats of the fruit?

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Nature groans and trembles

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What is Pepy’s attitude toward the Puritans?

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Inconsistent

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True or False: Samuel Pepys was a diarist who helped build the British Navy

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True

51
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What does Pepy express at the conclusion of his account of Dr. Bates’ sermon?

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Pepy’s expresses a fear of bad preachers

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In the summary of the events of 1666 there existed some problems:

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  1. A demoralized navy
  2. Insufficient taxation
  3. Powerful foreign enemies
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What is the title of Bunyan’s spiritual autobiography?

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“Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners”

54
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The central metaphor in “Pilgrims Progress” is comparing life to?

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Comparing life to a journey

55
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Bunyan’s style includes?

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  1. Plain language
  2. Didacticism
  3. Emotional sincerity
56
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How does the narrator of “Pilgrim’s progress present the story?

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As a dream

57
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What is the most prominent and popular in Vanity Fair?

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The wares of Italy

58
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What did the pilgrims want to buy in Vanity Fair?

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They want to buy truth

59
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Why will Christian be able to distinguish the right paths from the wrong ones?

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Only the right ones are straight and narrow

60
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What is the response of Christian’s neighbors and family members?

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His neighbors mock his flight from home, and his family members are generally unsupportive

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