Historical Background
Who restored the monarchy in 1660 after the Commonwealth period and who does he leave the throne to when he dies?
Who is Charles II and his brother James II (Roman Catholic)?
Name one other name for the Neoclassical period.
What is:
Augustan Age
Enlightenment
Age of Reason
18th Century
Age of Satire
Silver Age ?
(any are acceptable)
What is the name of a type of epic that talks specifically about a trivial matter?
What is a mock heroic epic?
Did Swift write in prose or poetic form?
What is prose?
Did Pope write in prose or poetic form?
What is poetic form?
What two great disasters occurred in London during the this period and in what years did they occur?
What is Great Plague of London (1665) and Great Fire of London (1666)?
Was the focus during this time period more on society as a whole or on the individual person?
What is society as a whole?
What was the most popular literary technique during this time period?
What is satire?
What is the delivery method of Swift’s “A Modest Proposal?”
What is Humanitarian Pamphlet?
What is the delivery method of Pope’s “Rape of the Lock?”
What is mock heroic epic?
Who ruled during the Glorious Revolution and what religion were they?
Who is William and Mary (daughter of James II)?
What is Protestant?
Which class gained some degree of power during this time period?
What is the middle class?
What was the most popular genre during this time period?
What is novel?
Which one of Swift’s works is the single most biting piece of irony in English literature and what does this work criticize?
What is ”A Modest Proposal“ and the deplorable living conditions in Dublin?
Which two of Pope’s pieces contain a collection of epithets and aphorisms?
What is “Essay on Man” and “Essay on Criticism” ?
Who was the last Stuart monarch?
Who is Queen Anne (Mary’s sister)?
Who created the famous Hepplewhite chair and which famous musical artist grew in popularity during this time period?
Who is Joseph Hepplewhite and Mozart?
Explain the three different types of irony.
What is:
dramatic: audience knows, character doesn’t
verbal: one thing is said, something else is meant (understatement/overstatement)
situational: one thing happens when you expect something else to ?
What is Swift’s target in Gulliver‘s Travels?
What is the British Government?
Name one sylph from Pope’s “Rape of the Lock.”
What is:
Ariel
Zephyretta
Brilliante
Momentilla
Crispissa ?
(any are acceptable)
Which German cousins of Queen Anne assume the throne after she dies?
Who are the Hanovers (George I, George II, and George III)?
What religion grew in popularity during this time period and what were the beliefs of this religion?
What is deism and they believed that God created the universe, then stepped back and let things fall where they may?
What is the difference between an epithet and an aphorism?
What is an epithet is a short, witty saying and an aphorism is a short, witty saying with a moral?
Which cathedral in Dublin was Swift dean of?
What is Saint Patrick’s Anglican Cathedral?
What was Pope’s nickname, religion, and disease that he was born with?
What is “Wasp of Twickenham,” Roman Catholic, and dwarfism?