In this letter, Johnson shows his opinion of the _____ system.
patronage
100
When was the Dictionary published? (exact date)
April 15, 1755
100
What year was Johnson born? What year did he die?
(Extra 100 points: How old was he when he died?)
1709; 1784; 75 years old
200
Where did Johnson study?
Oxford University
200
What took rapid advancements?
Prose fiction
200
What was the name of the newspaper? (The one in which Lord Chesterfield claimed he was the patron of Johnson's Dictionary.)
The World
200
What made this dictionary more significant than other dictionaries at that time?
First English dictionary
200
What was the date the Letter to Lord Chesterfield written? (exact date)
February 7, 1755
300
What style of writing did Johnson write in?
Prose
300
Was writing done at usual standards or outside usual standards?
Outside usual standards
300
How many years did Johnson say passed until Chesterfield showed interest in his Dictionary?
7 years
300
How many years and how many assistants did he need to make the Dictionary?
8 years and 6 assistants
300
What year did Johnson's wife die?
1752
400
What did Johnson do after his wife died?
Spent time with friends and other writers that inspired him to write.
400
People frowned upon imaginary fictions and would rather read _____?
“literature of experience”
400
What literary term is used in this quote: “When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address” (par 2).
Hyperbole
400
What caused him to write the Dictionary?
He was helping a friend create a medical dictionary and thought to make a dictionary of his own.
400
In what year did people start calling the time period the Age of Johnson?
1790's
500
Johnson believed that the knowledge somebody possesses was no help at all unless it...
...helped other people in the world.
500
Since people in Johnson’s society preferred “the literature of experience” over imaginary fictions, this lead to Johnson writing _____?
Literary criticisms over fantasy
500
Why did Johnson write this letter to Lord Chesterfield?
Because Johnson needed money to help with financial issues with the Dictionary but Chesterfield didn't want to give him the money. Yet Chesterfield told others that he was the patron of the Dictionary.
500
What is the satire used in the definition of bookful? (Bo’okful. Full of notions gleaned from books; crowded with undigested knowledge.)
Someone can be knowledgeable but not "bookful"
500
What two significant things happened in 1755? (for Johnson)
The Dictionary was published and Johnson wrote the letter to Lord Chesterfield.