Vocab Verbs
Which word means "to rest"?
to repose
(or to recuperate)
Who wrote "The Lamb" and "The Tiger"?
William Blake
Who returned to the banquet as a ghost?
Banquo
Who was the most famous British author of Gothic novels?
Mary Shelley
What was the label given to the people who made up 85% of the population of Oceania?
proles -- the proletariate
Which means to criticize?
to rebuke
(or to chastise or to upbraid)
Who wrote "On My First Son"?
Ben Jonson
Who was given the title the Thane of Cawdor?
Macbeth, Thane of Glamis
Queen Elizabeth frequented the playhouses of London. T/F
False, the plays went to the palace
Before murdering the king, what did Macbeth thought he saw?
a dagger before him
Which means to destroy?
to eradicate
(or to annihilate)
Who wrote "Ode to a Grecian Urn"?
John Keats
Who worked as a mechanic in the Ministry of Truth?
Julia
Whose epitaph was "His name was write in water"?
John Keats
What was the focus of the discussion between Winston and Charrington?
picture of St Clement, nursery rhyme of St Clement, glass paper weight, rentable room
Which means to inhibit progress?
to impede
Who wrote "My Last Duchess"?
Robert Browning
Who was the Scottish king's second son?
Donalbain
What did the weakness of English Kings do?
It enhanced the power of the prime minister(s)
What was the purpose of re-education in 1984?
Removal of free will -- reduction of humanity
Which mans to improve or make better?
to ameliorate
Who wrote Holy Sonnets?
John Donne
Who was an English nobleman and general?
__ was the dominant literary form during the Romantic Era. Important prose works appeared in the form of __ and __
Poetry, essays, novels
What were the 3 speaking apparitions or visions that the witches showed Macbeth when he sought them out?
A floating head in a helmet; a bloody child; a crowned child holding a tree
Which means to hold in high esteem or to affirm?
to aver
Who "Wrote to His Coy Mistress"?
Andrew Marvell
Who loved destroying language?
Syme
What caused the fire at the Globe?
spark from a canon fired during re-enactment of a battle
What does the speaker of "Ode to the West Wind" ask of the wind?
To scatter his thoughts and words to all mankind
to abjure
Who wrote "The World is too Much With Us"?
William Wordsworth
Who was the actual author of "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"?
O'Brien
__ __ and __ __ redefined poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful __ that takes its origin from __ recollected in __."
William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, feelings, emotion, tranquility
Explain the importance of the quote: "To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue; look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath."
Pretend to be nice and hospitable while hiding the fact you are plotting a murder