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Anglo Saxon
Renaissance
Romanticism
Victorian
Miscellaneous Facts
100
Name one Old English piece.
ie. Beowulf (any piece will do)
100
Who drew the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
100
The Romanticism Era focused on the practical aspect of life. (True or False)
False
100
The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy. (True or false)
True
100
Who wrote "Fern Hill"?
Dylan Thomas
200
What was the disease that the summoner had contracted in "The Canterbury Tales"?
a STI
200
What’s the first mass produced book?
Bible
200
Romanticism was a reaction to the _________ period.
Enlightenment
200
When was the Victorian Era?
1830s~1900s
200
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales and what period did he write it in?
Chaucer, medieval
300
When was the Anglo-Saxon era?
Answers may vary. (anytime between 5th and 11th century will do).
300
What is the belief of the work and dignity in the Renaissance called?
humanism
300
Name two traits of Romantic literature.
ie. Transcending ordinary experience and intense emotions
300
The Soldier was written during which great war?
WWI
300
What is the setting of Gothic novels?
Name any of the following: dark, rundown structures ruins. Some castles
400
This era's pieces were mostly about what? (hint: a type of figure)
heroic figure
400
What invention during the Renaissance increased literacy drastically?
Printing press
400
When was the Romanticism time period? (approximate)
1790-1850
400
Name the three Victorian values.
Earnestness, moral responsibility, domestic propriety.
400
The actual name of the ruler in "Ozymandias" is?
Ramesses
500
Which people groups was driven to the west by the Anglos and the Saxons?
The Britons
500
Who is considered the father of humanism?
Francesco Petrarch
500
What book was published and considered to be the start of the Romantic movement?
Lyrical Ballads
500
Briefly explain the graduations of coming out, also known as the courtship ritual, of a young woman in the Victorian Ages.
introduction (male to female), speaking, walking out together, keeping company after mutual attraction had been confirmed
500
Define what an epic is.
Answers may vary SLIGHTLY. (ie a poetic narrative about an event usually featuring a hero/heroine.)