final Flashcards
(92 cards)
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T/F George III was King of England when the American Colonies were lost
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True
2
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T/F France invading the Netherlands sparked a 25 year war against Britain
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True
3
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T/F Napoleon is credited for passing the Act of the Union
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False
4
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T/F Napoleon’s last battle was an attempted invasion of Russia
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False
5
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T/F Napoleon was exiled to waterloo
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False
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T/F Laissez Faire is a form of democratic government
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Fasle
7
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T/F After war with France, British veterans faced high unemployment rates
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True
8
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T/F The corn law taxed all imported grains to England
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True
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T/F The Industrial Revolution was beneficial for all classes of people in England
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False
10
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T/F The Luddite Riots involved unemployment factory workers to destroy machinery
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True
11
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died of tuberculosis at age of 25
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John Keats
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Was considered a lunatic because he had hallucinations
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William Blake
13
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Held a seat in the House of Lords
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Lord Byron
14
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wrote poems to pass the time while farming
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Robert burns
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worked on a book of poetry with fellow poet william Wordsworth
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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His wife wrote frankenstein
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Percy Shelly
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Developed the illuminated printing technique
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William Blake
18
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had numerous affairs while married
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Lord Byron
19
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Famous Scottish songwriter
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Robert Burns
20
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gave up on medicine to become a poet
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John Keats
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Which of the following was a result of the reign of terror?
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Radicals killed thousands of French aristocrats
22
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in 1811, George III was…
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declared permanently insane
23
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which of the following was NOT an issue in England during the Romantic Period?
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The black Plague killed 1/3 of the population
24
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Which of the following was true of Napoleon?
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- ) He abandoned democracy
- )named himself emperor
- ) extremely smart with politics and military
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What ended up defeating Napoleon in his attempt to conquer russia?
The cold weather
26
Which of the following was a result of the act of Union?
1. ) Ireland joined the United Kingdom
| 2. ) Ireland gained representation in Parliament
27
What does the Lamb signify in Blake's poem "the Lamb"
Jesus and Innocence
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what is the main comparison that is presented in the "tiger"
the ferocious tiger was created by the same God that created the Lamb
29
how is the author jealous of the mouse in the poem "to a mouse"
The mouse lives in the present while people regret the past and fear the future
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Which of the following is NOT a wish of the author in "to a louse"
that the louse was on him instead
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in sonnet: england in 1819 who is the author criticizing?
George III
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in the poem, "when we two parted" what is the author upset about?
his girlfriend broke up with him and he hates hearing about her
33
Which of the following is untrue in "She walks like Beauty"?
her hair is beautiful
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what is ironic about "on this day i complete my 36th year"?
the author died shortly after writing it
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in the poem, "to autumn" what does the author use the season (autumn) to represent?
Old age and death
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What does the author of "when I have fears that I may cease to be" regret?
missed opportunities in creativity and love
37
Kubla Khan is about
a guy who builds a pleasure dome
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the irony is Ozymandias is that
He claims to be king for eternity but his statue is destroyed
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what does Shelley request of the skylark in "to a skylark"
teach him to sing like the bird
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T/F Plays that poked fun at the artificial society of the middle class were called comedies of Manners
False
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T/F Swift's proposal would increase the number of marriages in ireland
True
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T/F IN his "Modest proposal" Swift is satirizing English policies in Ireland
True
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T/F Gulliver's travels is considered by many to be England's first novel
False
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T/F A vindication for the rights of women was written to encourage women to be stronger
True
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T/F The rape of the lock was satirical account of a real event
true
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T/F to try to stop the spread of the fire, London's mayor ordered ll of the fire departments to work through the night
False
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T/F The english bill of rights was proposed by William and Mary
True
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T/F in "a journal of the plague year" the man cures himself of the plague by bathing in the Thames River
True
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T/F defoe's journal of the plague year is a real story set in a fictional setting
False
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T/F The fact that pepys went to retrieve the exiled king from France showed that he was a person of importance in the english government
True
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T/F Aphra Behn chose damon over alexis in "On her loving two equally "
False
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T/F Swift says that his plan is ONLY for children up to one year of age ( no older)
True
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T/F in order to make his proposal seem serious, swift added realistic mathematic calculations
True
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T/F Although gullivers travels has been viewed as a children's story it is actually a scathing satire of english politics and society
True
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T/F The king of brobdingnag finds it odd that ignorance, idleness, and vice are the ingredients for qualifying as a legislator
True
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T/F While contemplating the graveyard, Gray wonders if under different circumstances, one of those ordinary persons could have been great
True
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T/F Thomas Gray admired the rich and powerful in english society
False
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He was englands first poet Laureate
John Dryden
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the restoration period included all of the following except
the industrial revolution
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great britain was created when england united with this country
scotland
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The restoration period is also called the age of reason and the
enlightenment
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according to wollstonecraft society educated women to
be pleasing to men
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these writers modeled their works on those of ancient greece and rome
neo-classical
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written at the close of spring is depressing because
humans don't get another spring
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Pepys attended the coronation of
charles II
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The coronation takes place at
Westminister abbey
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How is "written at the close of spring" different from other shakespearean sonnets
it takes a negative turn, rather than a positive
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The narrator of A journal... is decided to remain in the city
after reading a passage in the bible
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The narrator goes to the burial pit so he can
watch the burial detail throw the bodies into the pit
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The man in the brown cloak follows the death cart to the pit because
he just lost his wife and kids to the plague
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swift doesn't bother figuring out what to do with the sick and old in ireland because
they're king as fast as can be expected
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Swift claims no one should object to his proposal because
all other proposals have failed
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When gulliver tries to free himself from his bonds, the lilliputians
shoot him with arrows
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the method the Lilliputians selected members of high office was to have candidates
dance on a rope
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What happens to the lock of hair
it goes to heaven
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swift satirizes the petty differences in political parties in england through
the low heels and high heels
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The king of brobdingnag thinks england is
a terrible place
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when living with the giants, gulliver constantly pestered by
large flies
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in "elegy written in a country churchyard," gray says that the rich and proud shouldn't look down on the poor and plain people because
death makes everyone the same
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gray talks about everyones desire to be
remembered
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turned satire into a true art form
Johnathan Swift
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British spy, codename agent 160
Aphra Behn
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Born in ireland and this was concerned more with Irish problems than with english ones
Johnathan Swift
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mother of feminism
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Was dean of st patricks cathedral
Johnathan Swift
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opposed marriage
Mary Wollstonecraft
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revolutionist writer
Smith
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was accused of murder but was able to beat the rap
Samuel Pepys
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kept a diary written to his own special shorthand
samuel pepys
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self taught because he was refused a college eduction due to religion
Alexander Pope
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Deformed from tuberculosis
Alexander pope
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Used heroic couplets in his writing
Alexander Pope
