Test 2

Question 1

Jacobean time period?

Answer 1

1603-1642

Question 2

Jacobian popular writing?

Answer 2

Witty Poems, love elegy, country house poem

Question 3

Caroline Era period?

Answer 3

1642-1660

Question 4

Caroline Era popular writing?

Answer 4

Cavalier poets (supporters of the king)

Question 5

The Restoration Period?

Answer 5

1660-1785

Question 6

The Restoration Popular Writing?

Answer 6

Poetry was the highest regarded, but the Novel was the most popular and was new to the 18th cent.

Question 7

Romantic Period?

Answer 7

1785-1832 ish (the official dates are a bit hazy)

Question 8

Romantic Popular writing?

Answer 8

named the romantic period after its popular literary form–the romance. poetry was the most important, but the novel was the most popular.

Question 9

Political and Religious climate of the Jacobean Era?

Answer 9

James was presbyterian, but his mother was catholic and the nation was nervous. Catholics during the period tried to kill him and parliament through the thwarted gunpowder plot.

Question 10

Political and Religious climate of the Caroline Era?

Answer 10

Charles was Anglican/protestant. Civil war between Cavaliers and the roundheads, tension between monarchy and parliament where Charles dismissed them or nearly a decade. Was tried and beheaded for treason after political tension with calvinists and Arminianism over the elect.

Question 11

Political and Religious climate of the Restoration?

Answer 11

Government was anglican/presnyteran. There was new concepts of Sep. of C&S, and tension between those who defended the monarchy and parliament. people where questioning what biblical government looked like. James II repeals test act, but still shows no love to the catholics.

Question 12

Political and Religious climate of the Romantic Era?

Answer 12

Still protestant–Englad moved further from agriculture to industrialism and the rich and poor were in conflict. revolution was in the air.

Question 12

In the Restoration Era, who did the wigs support and who did the tories support?

Answer 12

The wigs supported the kings opponents and the Tories supported the king.

Question 12

Who Was James I?

Answer 12

He was King after Elizabeth, but did not love the people as she did because he felt his power was from God. He was extravagant and wasteful which made his relationship with parliament tenuous. He expanded England into the Colonies (Jamestown) and the East Indies

Question 12

What was Jacobean Writing?

Answer 12

Love Elegies, Satire, Epigrams, and country house poems.

Question 12

what are epigrams?

Answer 12

verse epistles/meditative religious lyric

Question 12

What are love elegies?

Answer 12

mournful melancholic poems

Question 13

Who was Charles I?

Answer 13

he was king after James, and his period is the Caroline period (Carolus is latin for Charles). he was also wasteful and disliked parliament, dismissing them three times and ruling without them for nearly a decade. He was protestant but his wife was catholic, which worried the nation. he was ultimately beheaded for treason after political and religious disputes with calvinists and arminians.

Question 13

what are Country house poems?

Answer 13

poems that complement a wealthy friend or patron.

Question 14

Who was Charles II?`

Answer 14

He was king after the common wealth, lead by Oliver Cromwell and his son, was disbanded. he was brought back to England and restored to the Throne, hence the title of his period, the restoration. This was a period of civil war between cavaliers and roundheads with political tension continuing to rise. He pardoned many former enemies, and instituted the Test Act of 1673 which required all Gov. employees to be anglican.

Question 15

Who did the Cavaliers support?

Answer 15

the king

Question 16

Who did the roundheads support?

Answer 16

parlament.

Question 17

in “the flea” by Donne, what does the flea represent and what is the general poem overview?

Answer 17

The flea is an unlikely sample and metaphor for love. it bites the speaker and its partner and the speaker argues to his partner that since their blood has mingled in the flea, they are basically married and should have sex. She disagrees with this and kills the fly, even though the speaker says it is and example of the consummated love.

Question 18

Who was Amelia Lanyer?

Answer 18

She was the First English Women to publish a substantial volume of original poems, all of which defended women’s interest.

Question 19

What is the basic premise of “Eve’s Defense” by Lanyer?

Answer 19

This is a Quarelle Des Femmes, a debate about women. Lanyer argues that the fault of the fall does not solely rest on women, by reversing misogynistic arguments and focusing on the sin of Adam and Pilot.

Question 20

How does Lanyer argue that Adam is at fault in “Eve’s Defense”?

Answer 20

God told him directly while Eve merely heard from Adam, He was not deceived as eve was, he was stronger and should have refused, he disobeyed in malice while eve was deceived.

Question 21

How does Lanyer argue that Pilate is Worse?

Answer 21

He condemned and innocent when he was dissuaded not to

Question 22

How does Lanyer Minimize Eve’s Sin?

Answer 22

She did not want do disobey she was just deceived, she only wanted knowledge, she was weak, she shared with Adam out of love not malice.

Question 23

What is “a hymn to God our father” by Donne about?

Answer 23

Donne expresses his confidence in God and asks for forgiveness, while recgoniin that God is not done working in his life, for original sin, begin a stumbling block to others, and for fear over faith for the end of fear is faith. this was written after a deadly bout of spotted fever.

Question 24

What is “Inviting a friend to super” by Johnson about?

Answer 24

Written in heroic couplet (rhyming iambic pentameter) it is a dinner party full of moderation, civility, and graciousness–Not excess of aristocracy. his guests are his Patron William Herbert and the reader. the classics are going to be read and English poetry will be served with the classics. The presence of the reader is and patron is more important than the dinner itself. speaker is poreented as modest and comfortable in a political climate where people are weary of spies, but at dinner you can relax in friendship and privacy.

Question 25

Why is “The Countess of Pembroke’s Urania by Wroth important? What type of writing is it?

Answer 25

It is the first long work of fiction by and English woman written in long prose romance. is is a Roman a clef–a poem that represents real people and expresses a range of female emotions.

Question 26

What is the general plot of Wroth’s ‘The countess of Pembroke’s Urania”?

Answer 26

Pamphilia, the main female Character has been shot by cupid, but does not want to be in love and is not happy about it. she is the speaker during the sonnet sequence, and she documents by sonnet 16 that she still does not want to be in love, and that desire will overcome love before she gives into it, and that cupid will recognize how wrong he has been before she gives in to love. But, she can’t help it and gives in to love in the final two lines.

Question 27

Who was John Milton?

Answer 27

He was a Non-Cavalier poet (supported parliament) and came from a protestant family with an amazing education. He began his career writing in Latin, but championed the English language and started writing in English in 1628. He suffered many personal tragitys (married two wives, two children, and became blind around age 40). He was a strong supporter of the commonwealth and wanted to see more church reform, was an unusual puritan, and was in danger when Charles II took the throne again, but friends pulled him out of prison.

Question 28

In what ways was Milton an unusual Puritan?

Answer 28

1) Believed in religious toleration for all protestants.
2) believed in freedom of speech
3) for a republican government
4) believed people had the right to dismiss their rulers.
5 )believed divorce based on incompatibility was okay.

Question 29

What is the background info around Miltons “Paradise Lost”?

Answer 29

probably started in the Caroline Era, but finished during the restoration. originally published in ten books (1667) and then published again as 12 (1674). It reconciles the epic genre and the idea of Epic heroism through the protagonists (a domestic couple) and blank verse (opposed to rhyming couplet).

Question 30

What is the general Plot of paradise lost?

Answer 30

Santan and his Angels have been cast into help and want to get back at God. Satan is the main character of book one, but not of the whole story. Milton portrays him as an attractive underdog–making him more of a sympathetic character, but his attitude is one ow wrath. The Character of God uses satan to show how he is in control and can make good out of evil.

Question 31

What is Miltons Statement of intention in “Paradise Lost”?

Answer 31

to justify the ways of God to man (line 26)

Question 32

What is the Test act?

Answer 32

The Test Act of 1763 made it mandatory that employees were anglican.

Question 34

What was the Act of Settlement?

Answer 34

Set in 1701, it excluded any papest (catholic) from the line of succession. Was not appealed till 2015.

Question 35

What were the Characteristics of the Novel?

Answer 35

1) replaced the tradition of the epics.
2) connected things that should be separate (ex: Intellect w bedroom, History w lies, authority w women)
3) Gave people realistic representations of the world and individuals
4) Plot is driven by cause and effect (tight plot, character development, realism)

Question 36

Who Was Aphra Behn?

Answer 36

Not much is known about her, but it is believed that she was a female rake who was a prolific playwright, dramatist, actress, and novelist (but she wrote mainly about racy topics). Sh was the first professional female English author trying to make a living. She traveled, married and then was widowed, wrote to eat, spied for Charles II.

Question 37

Is Oroonoko the first English novel?

Answer 37

critics can’t agree, but they do agree it is the first proto novel. unclear if it is fact or fiction (even though the narrator presents it as fact).

Question 38

What is the “Chimney Sweeper (Innocence)” by Blake about?

Answer 38

an older chimney sweaper that was very young when he stared is talked to a new CS, Tom Leckry, and the audience. Tom has hope in the afterlife and Blake shows that children can stay positive during oppression (religious, societal, and parental) by combining an ordinary topic with a new perspective

Question 39

What is the “Chimney Sweeper (experience)” by Blake about

Answer 39

The speaker is a very young child who’s parents have put him in this job because they believe he is happy. experience has made him suspicious of his parents, God, and the king. Both poems show that religion government and society are responsible for oppression.

Question 40

What are the views and a summary of “a vindication of the rights of women” by Wollstonecraft.

Answer 40

Recognizes that oppression of women cuts across classes and that the only weapons the have are coquetry, cunning, and manipultion–weapons of the weak. she asks if the difference between men and women is between nature of civilization. Focus on women’s education only being good for becomeing alluring mistresss and inspiring love, and not good for exacting respect, governing a family, or taking care of children. Marrige is the only way to rise in the world, but women lose all their allure and power when they marry. Women are taught to be manipulative and kept “innocent”. like military meant, they learn to obey and submit. argues that fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

Question 41

What is “we are Seven” by Wordsworth about?

Answer 41

one of his memories where he reconsiders an ordinary thing–a simple child. he believes that because two of the children are dead, that makes five; but the child has an innocent understanding of death, where it is not ceasing to exist just existing elsewhere. something ordinary like death is viewed with a new perspective.

Question 42

Who was Lord Byron and what was he famous for?

Answer 42

He created the Literary trope: the byronic hero who is a mysterious and gloomy character that is superior to the common man, carrying a type of guild that will lead to his doom. He was an aristocrat who disdained the commonplace and was a ladies man, labeled immoral and erotic. he had a strong love of liberty.

Question 43

What is “she walks in beauty” about?

Answer 43

Written about his cousins wife and talks about beauty in terms of nature (night and stary sky’s) beauty comprised of contrasts (dark and bright), beauty is not physical–it is chaste and pure. her actions and mental ability display beauty.

Question 44

Who was John Keats?

Answer 44

he was a surgeon turned poet who died of Tuberculosis at age 26. He describes objects through the sense and was extremely ralneded with words and phrases.

Question 45

What is “a thing of beauty” by Keats about?

Answer 45

from Endymion, a long allegorical poem written in iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets, focuses on natural beauty and how beauty can be enjoyed forever through imagination/memory and written word.

Question 46

who was Samuel Taylor coleridge?

Answer 46

he had radical ideas of religion and politics, but became conservative and staunchly anglican. he was good friends with Wordsworth, a laudanum addict, innovative poet, literary theorist, famous lecturers, and plagiarist. through his writings readers see clear guilt.

Question 47

What is “the Mariners Rime”about?

Answer 47

it is an epigraph–a poem about the visible and the invisible. Major themes are the physical and spiritual worlds, liminal space, religion (though no moral was intended), imprisonment, retribution, and storytelling.