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Who was “the father of English Criticism?

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John Dryden

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Who celebrated the return of Charles II?

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John Dryden

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Who’s era was the Age of his last name because of his influence?

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John Dryden/”The Age of Dryden”

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Who used Occasional poems?

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John Dryden

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Who was a British Naval Officer?

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Samuel Pepys

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Who has a famed diary?

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Samuel Pepys

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Who survived the great plague and fire?

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Samuel Pepys

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Who had a poor upbrininging?

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John Bunyan

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Who was inspired by a Sunday sermon to begin preaching?

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John Bunyan

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What type of preacher was John Bunyan?

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Nonconformist

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Who refused to stop preaching and was imprisoned for 12 years?

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John Bunyan

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Who grew up in a Catholic Family?

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Alexander Pope

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Who was short and sickly?

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Alexander Pope. He only grew to be 4’6” tall.

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Who was a very important neoclassic figure?

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Alexander Pope

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Who has famed translations of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey?

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Alexander Pope

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Who has a famous Twickenham home?

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Alexander Pope

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17
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Who had a failed love life?

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Alexander Pope

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18
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Who was a divisive figure?

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Alexander Pope

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19
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Who used Horation Satire?

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Alexander Pope

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20
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Who used Juvenalian Satire?

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Jonathan Swift

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21
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Who was kidnapped as a child?

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Jonathan Swift

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Who was known for satire?

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Jonathan Swift

23
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Who despised tyranny and oppression?

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Jonathan Swift

24
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Who was an Anglican Priest and a Dean?

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Jonathan Swift

25
Who was a political pamphleteer?
Jonathan Swift
26
Who was in the Scriblerus Club?
Jonathan Swift (with Alexander Pope)
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What was Jonathan Swift's later satire like?
Pessimistic and misanthropic
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Who was known for her letters?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Who was celebrated and admired?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
30
Who was independent and unconventional?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
31
Who eloped?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
32
Who survived smallpox and then travelled to advocate for smallpox innoculation?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
33
Who refused to conform to "female behaviors"?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
34
Who was Scottish born?
James Thomson
35
Who left school just shy of graduation TWICE?
James Thomson
36
What was James Tomson's most popular poem?
The Seasons (the 18th century most popular poem)
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Who wrote Rule Britannia?
James Thomson
38
Who had love rejected?
James Thomson
39
Who's poems celebrate hard work?
James Thomson
40
Who was well-known for indolence?
James Thomson
41
Who was known for heavy drinking and money problems?
Christopher Smart
42
Who would sometimes use a female pseudonym?
Christopher Smart
43
Who would frequent public prayer?
Christopher Smart
44
Who was confined to a madhouse?
Christopher Smart
45
Whose debts, drinking, and arrests continued after the madhouse?
Christopher Smart
46
Who suffered from life-long depression?
William Cowper
47
Who was bullied at school?
William Cowper
48
Who attempted suicide?
William Cowper
49
Who was incarcerated in an asylum?
William Cowper
50
Who feared God's Wrath?
William Cowper
51
Who wrote hymns?
William Cowper
52
Who lived secluded?
William Cowper
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Who ended up living the life of an invalid?
William Cowper

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