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hyperbole
What is another word for exaggeration?
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Ben Jonson
Who is the author of "On My First Son" and ""Song: to Celia"?
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He developed a personal form of Christianity.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
The ringing of a bell, the washing of a piece of land into the sea, and the translation of a chapter into another language
How is death represented in "Meditation 17"?
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Quatrains and a couplet - Octave and a sestet
How are English (Shakespearean) and Italian (Petrarchan) sonnets different?
200
allegory
What is a story where characters, settings, and events stand for abstract ideas?
200
John Milton
Who wrote Paradise Lost?
200
Oliver Cromwell
Who ruled England after the execution of King Charles I?
200
The best summary of the main idea in "Of Studies"
What is a carefully balanced approach to study is best?
200
This poem uses the setting of the son to emphasize the brevity of life.
What is "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?
300
apostrophe
What is addressing someone who cannot respond?
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Robert Herrick
Who wrote "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?
300
King Charles II
Who replaced Oliver Cromwell as the head of the English government?
300
a religious journey
What does The Pilgrim's Progress describe?
300
This poem offers pleasures in a rural countryside.
What is "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?
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parallelism
What is the repetition of the same grammatical structure?
400
Christopher Marlow
Who wrote "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?
400
The Spanish Armada
Whose defeat brought about the English supremacy and their independence from Catholic countries in 1588?
400
The prodigal son's hunger
What prompts the prodigal son to return home?
400
The lover in this poem would wait patiently for the woman he addresses if lifespans were much longer.
What is "To His Coy Mistress"?
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paradox
What is an apparent contradiction that is actually true?
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John Bunyon
Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
500
He was a Renaissance man because he was literary, musical, athletic, and scholarly.
Who was Henry VIII?
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The chief of Vanity Fair
Who is Beelzebub?
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14 lines, a turn, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme
How are Petrarchan (Italian) and Shakespearean (English) s sonnets alike?