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Test 11 Literature Flashcards

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Who talks with her about the guy she likes?

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Mrs. Pegody

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Why does David is taken away?

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So her mom can marry

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Where does David goes with Mrs Peggotty?

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Her brother’s house

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Who are the young ladies from Tony Kytes?

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Hannah, Unity, and Millie

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Which one does Tony marry?

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Millie

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What is the title of the Thomas Hardy poem about the Titanic?

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The Convergence of the Twain

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What does it say about men in the time of breaking nations?

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There will still be men still going with their business

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Abt a commentary of Psalm 8?

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The Treasury of David

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Who wrote about London Coffee houses?

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Thomas Macaulay

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Who is considered the best English novelist?

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Dickens

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Who wrote Tony Kytes?

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Thomas Hardy

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Who is known as the Prince of Preachers?

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Spurgeon

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Who wrote Great Verses through the Bible?

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F.B. Meyer

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Who wrote Sun of My Soul?

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John Keble

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Hannah

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Tony Kytes

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Mr. Murdstone

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David Copperfield

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Millie

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Tony Kytes

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Mrs. Pierce

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Pygmalion

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Em’ly

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David Copperfield

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Coronel Pickering

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Pygmalion

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What is the Victorian Era known for?

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Great era of prose

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What is the most significant novel form?

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Novel of purpose

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Who is Ham?

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Orphan nephew

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Who is Mrs. Gummidge?

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Widow of Peggotty’s deceased business partner

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What was changed in David Copperfield?
His bedroom was changed ## Footnote None
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What is the title of the poem featuring an aged thrush?
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy ## Footnote None
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What does 'Till the spinner of the year' refer to?
The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy ## Footnote None
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What is Elisa's occupation?
Flower girl ## Footnote None
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Why does Elisa go to the Professor?
To learn how to speak properly ## Footnote None
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What does 'To an athlete dying young' express?
The irony of fame and glory ## Footnote None
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What trade does Mr. Pickering offer?
Turn her into a lady in 6 months ## Footnote None
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What does Adam's Curse by Yeats suggest?
Poetry is seen like something that is not a lot of work ## Footnote None
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What is The Second Coming about?
A beast slouching to Bethlehem ## Footnote None
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What does Under Ben Bulben advise?
Advice for future Irish poets by Yeats ## Footnote None
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What is The Unknown Citizen by Auden about?
Tribute to the average modern man ## Footnote None
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What does The Hollow Men express?
The weakness of modern men ## Footnote None
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How does the poet advise his father?
Fight death ## Footnote None
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Who wrote Pygmalion?
Bernard Shaw ## Footnote None
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What society was Shaw part of?
The Fabian society of socialists ## Footnote None
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Who are the leading British poets?
Yeats, Eliot, and Auden ## Footnote None
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Who wrote 'In my craft or sullen art'?
Dylan Thomas ## Footnote None
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Who is considered one of the greatest 20th-century poets?
Yeats ## Footnote None
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The Soldier
Rupert Brooke ## Footnote None
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Who was the retired colonel?
Pickering ## Footnote None
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Who is the housekeeper?
Mrs. Pierce ## Footnote None
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What is Imagism characterized by?
Use of precise, concrete images ## Footnote None
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What does Surrealism portray?
The works manifested in dreams ## Footnote None
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Who are the Georgians?
Poets who admired nature ## Footnote None
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'Shoulder high we bring you home'
To an athlete dying young by Housman ## Footnote None
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'We must work to be beautiful'
Adam's Curse by Yeats ## Footnote None
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'The best people of the world lack conviction'
The Second Coming by Yeats ## Footnote None
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'a tattered coat in'
Sailing to Byzantium by Yeats ## Footnote None
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'Irish poets learn your trade'
Under Ben Bulben by Yeats ## Footnote None
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'Set down this set down this'
Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot ## Footnote None
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'Was He free?'
The Unkown Citizen by Auden ## Footnote None
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'Rage, rage against the dying of the light'
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas ## Footnote None

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