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Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Survival Tips
Restoration & 18th C
MISC.
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Defoe is most famous for his novel ___.
What is Robinson Crusoe
100
The narrator is __.
What is Robinson Crusoe.
100
How long can a person survive without water?
What is three days.
100
Catastrophic event that occurred in England in 1665.
What is an outbreak of the plague.
100
This word describes people that moved from Europe to America.
What is immigrants.
200
A writer of pamphlets is called a ___.
What is pamphleteer.
200
The purpose of Crusoe's voyage back to Guinea?
What is to buy slaves and bring them back to Brazil.
200
Process that removes salt from water.
What is desalination.
200
The greatest literary contributions to the Restoration era.
What is journalism and the novel
200
Word meaning to plant seeds
What is sow.
300
This novel is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London.
What is "A Journal Of the Plague Year".
300
Year this novel was written
What is 1719.
300
How long can a human survive without food?
What is three weeks
300
Legend has it that this scientist sat under an apple tree and "discovered" gravity.
What is Sir Isaac Newton.
300
The period that was occurring in Europe while Crusoe was on the island
What is the Restoration Period
400
This story describes the encounter between Mrs Bargrave and the ghost of an old dead friend of her, Mrs. Veal.
What is "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal".
400
What edible plants grow on the island after he throws the seeds away?
What is Barley.
400
What side of a tree does moss usually grow on?
What is North, because that side has less sun and is most moist.
400
This emerging sect of Christianity believed in “amazing grace” or the power of faith over works.
What is methodism.
400
Percentage of Earth that is covered in water.
What is 71%
500
Defoe's year of death
What is 1731.
500
How long was Crusoe stranded on the island
What is 28 years and 2 months.
500
The gradual process by which biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of the effect of inherited traits on the differential reproductive success of organisms interacting with their environment. It is a key mechanism of evolution, popularized by Charles Darwin.
What is natural selection.
500
Name this poet: His career in Anglican church led him to live in Ireland (later, he would use his talents as a writer to defend the rights of the Irish people.)
What is Jonathan Swift.
500
The seeds in the pouch that Crusoe spilled produced ___.
What is corn.