unit 7, the victorian era Flashcards

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years for the victorian era

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1832 - 1901

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longest reigning monarch, and best ruling

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queen victoria

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3
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reason for the beginning and end of the victorian era

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began when sir walter scott died
ended when queen victoria died

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4
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the object of victorian literature

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truthfulness in reflecting the practical problems of every day life

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5
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age of:

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peace, prosperity, and progress

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6
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victorian era was an age of:

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prose

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7
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three great poets of the victorian era

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tennyson, browning, and arnold

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8
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“break break break” “in memorium” memorialized the death of who

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arthur henry hallam

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9
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theme of ulisys

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dont quit trying

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10
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what type of work is ulysis

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a dramatic monologue

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11
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locksley hall had a _____ view on the future

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optimistic

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12
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what is tennysons greatest poem and one of the greatest elegies

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in memorium

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13
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has been called one of the noblest stories of self-sacrifice in all literature

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enoch arden

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14
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who did annie lee married when enoch went out to sea

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phillip ray

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15
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the war of sense with soul, or the flesh with the spirit

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idylls of the king

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“the end is come, and i am shamed for ever”

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idylls of the king - tennyson

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17
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who was nobel in the idylls of the king

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king arthur

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18
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first poet laureate in the modern sense

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ben jonson

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19
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poet laureate office did not become official until the appointment of

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john dryden

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20
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who threw king arthurs sword into the lake

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sir bedivere

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21
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tender portrait of motherhood

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sweet and low

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22
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melancholy refletion on death

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tears, idle tears

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23
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who was the hero in the revenge

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sir richard grenville

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24
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what war was being fought in the revenge

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the spanish armada

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what view on the future does locksley hall sixty years after have
pessimistic
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what has hurt the future of england in locksley hall sixty years after
evolution
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what poem did tennyson request always be placed at the end of his works
crossing the bar
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probably the finest love poems in our language and the best sonnet sequence since the renaissance
sonnets from the portuguese
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"but love me for love's sake, that evermore thou mayst love on, through love's eternity"
sonnets from the portuguese poem 14
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"because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame"
sonnets from the portuguese poem 26
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sonnet describes how jesus must have looked at peter when peter denied him
the look
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what means soul in action
dramatic monologue
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who killed the duchess in my last duchess
the duke
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young worker in the silk mills at asolo italy
pippa
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"God's in his heaven- all's right with the world!"
morning song - robert browning
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presents an optimistic view of old age as the climax of man's experience
rabbi ben ezra
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expresses a christian faith in eternal life and a firm belief in being reunited with his wife after death
prospice - robert browning
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most famous literary romance of all time
robert browning marrying elizabeth barrett
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matthew arnold laments that his age is not an age of faith but an age characterized by skepticism, unbelief, and conflicting views in the areas of science and theology
dover beach - matthew arnold
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clough express the truth that God is the only source of stability and strength
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning
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what two enemies did christina rossetti write about
the flesh, the world, and the devil
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poem reflects the face of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion
the descent from the cross
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what type of poem is "thou art indeed just, Lord"
a poem of despair
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in the windhover, what represents God
a falcon
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a tender poem of a father's love for his son, the comparison is made of God's love for his children
the toys - patmore
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"i am the master of my fate i am the captain of my soul"
invictus - william ernest henley
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"here lies where he longed to be; home is the sailor, home from sea, and the hunter home from the hill"
requiem - stevenson
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poem sympathetic to english forces
danny deever - kipling
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two men realize in respect the strength of the other
the ballad of east and west - kipling
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written for queen victorias diamond jubilee
recessional - kipling
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a satire on the british social structure
the importance of being ernest - wilde
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tells a sad story of love and sacrifice
the nightingale and the rose - oscar wilde
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expresses the feelings of a man in jail condemned to be hanged
the ballad of reading gaol - oscar wilde
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who wrote the london coffee houses
macaulay
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the first popular victorian novelist to capture a large reading audience was
charles dickens
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who portrayed the lower middle class living int the city
dickens
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who portrayed the upper middle class
thackery
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who portrayed the common people of the country and villages
eliot
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the most significant novel form to emerge form the period was:
the novel or purpose or problem novel
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who developed the detective novel
colllins
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one of the most beloved novels of all time
david copperfield
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what happened to david copperfields father
died the day before david was born
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why did pergoty take david copperfield away
his mother was getting married
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who wrote david copperfield
charles dickens
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where did david and pegoty go when davids mother was getting married
pegotys brothers house
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who all lived at pegotys brothers house
emily, pegotys brother, ham,
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emily did not like the:
sea
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who wrote tony kytes, the arch-deceiver
thomas hardy
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woman who tony was originally enaged to
milly
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who did tony see on the pathway and invited into his cart
unity
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third woman who ended up in tonys cart
hannah
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"wars come and go, but men still go on with their business"
in time of "the breaking of nations"
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what scene did hardy have in mind for "in time of 'the breaking of nations'"
WWI
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what type of world is described in the darkling thrush
gloomy, and pessimistic
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"till the spinner of the years said "now!" and each one hears, and consummation comes, and jars two hemisphere"
the convergence of the twain - thomas hardy
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talks about a creates joyful singing, and the gloomy world
on a darkling thrush
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talks about the loss of the titanic
the convergence of the twain
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the treasury of david is a comment on:
psalm 8
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who wrote the treasury of david
spurgeon
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who wrote great verses through the Bible
F. B. meyer