Background
Name the time period when Neoclassicism emerged?
What is the 18th century
Who are the two important authors of Neoclassicism?
Who are Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope
What prose did Swift write?
A Modest Proposal and Gulliver’s Travels
What poems did Pope write?
An Essay on Man/An Essay on Criticism and The Rape of the Lock
Name a traveler from France whom pretended to be from Taiwan
Who is Psalmanazar
Name the last ruler of the Stuart Dynasty
Who is Great Queen Anne
Name the number one writing technique during this time
What is Satire
Name the most important piece of irony that Swift wrote
What is A Modest Proposal
Name the number one capital sin according to An Essay on Man
What is Pride
Name the real-life Belinda
Who is Arabella Fermor
What dynasty of rulers took over after the Stuarts
What is the House of Hangovers
Name the most popular type of epic
What is a Mock-Heroic Epic
Name the three lands Gulliver travels to
What are Lilliputh, Brobidingnag, and Houyhnhym
Who inspired The Rape of the Lock?
Who is John Caryll, Pope’s friend
What is cannibalism
Name the two great disasters of London
What is Great Fire of London in 1666 and the Great Plague of London in 1665
A short statement that reveals a universal truth
What is an Aphorism
Name the four targets of satire in A Modest Proposal?
What are humanitarians, Americans, Irish, and monarchs
Name the lesson in An Essay on Criticism
What is close friends will say what you want to hear, while people you are not close with will tell you the truth.
What does Gulliver claim about English Parliament
What is he claims that the English Parliament is the worst race of humankind, add more detail
Explain the Glorious Revolution
What is King James II being overthrown by his daughter Mary and her husband William.
A satirical statement with a funny twist
What is an Epigram
What does Gulliver’s Travels prove about Swift’s beliefs
What is Gulliver’s Travels proves why Swift truly hates England
Why can the sylphs not protect Ariel?
What is the sylphs can not protect Ariel because she still loves the Baron
In An Essay on Criticism, why is it important to forgive ourselves and others?
What is remembering that everyone is human