Self Test Flashcards
(30 cards)
___________________ came to the throne in 1603 as England entered the seventeenth century.
James I
James I came to the throne in _____________ as England entered the seventeenth century.
1603
Conflict between those who supported the king and those who supported ________________ precipitated the ________________________.
Parliament; English Civil War
Who held the first leadership position during the Commonwealth?
Oliver Cromwell
The ______________________ began in 1660, and Charles II became the first monarch of the period.
Restoration
The Restoration began in ____________, and ________________ became the first monarch of the period.
1660; Charles II
The __________ happened in 1665. The ____________ happened in 1666.
Great Plague; Great Fire
The Great Plague happened in ____________. The Great Fire happened in _______________.
1665; 1666
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 took place without ______________ or ________________.
violence; bloodshed
What took place without violence or bloodshed? What year?
The Glorious Revolution; 1688
Who were England’s first constitutional monarchs?
William III and Mary II
The formation of the ___________________________ brought together scholars, scientists, and philosophers.
Royal Society
Name the five books John Milton wrote.
L’ Allegro, Il Penseroso, Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained
Name the two works which John Bunyan wrote.
The Pilgrim’s Progress, The Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
The two greatest literary works to affect Christians during the seventeenth century were the _________________ and ______________.
King James Bible; The Pilgrim’s Progress
When was the KJV published?
1611
When was The Pilgrim’s Progress published?
1678
What is Milton’s great epic poem?
Paradise Lost
What is Bunyan’s well loved and influential allegory?
The Pilgrim’s Progress
What is the theme of The Pilgrim’s Progress?
The believer’s spiritual awakening and struggles in life
Man’s fall in the Garden of Eden is the theme of ____________________.
Paradise Lost
The best eyewitness account of the Great Plague and Fire was preserved for us by _____________.
Samuel Pepys
In Annus Mirabilis, poet __________________ optimistically envisioned a renewed and revitalized London.
John Dryden
The greatest architect of the latest 17th century was?
Sir Christopher Wren
