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Unit 4 Test (11/4/16) Flashcards

1
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Who wrote The Constant Lover?

A

Sir John Suckling

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2
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Who wrote In Defense of Books?

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John Milton

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What work are the following lines from?: “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

A

Meditation XVII

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4
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Who wrote Peace?

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Henry Vaughan

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5
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What work are the following lines from?: “Stone walls do not a prison make, / nor iron bars a cage;”

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To Althea, from Prison

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Who is considered to be the greatest prose writer of the Age of the Puritans?

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John Bunyan

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What work are the following lines from?: “I could not love thee (deare) so much, / Lov’d I not honour more.:

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To Lucasta, Going to the Wars

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8
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List the Metaphysical poets:

A

John Donne
George Herbert
Henry Vaughan
Thomas Traherne

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9
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List the Cavalier poets:

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Richard Lovelace
Sir John Suckling
Robert Herrick
George Wither
Edmund Waller
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10
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Who wrote Go, Lovely Rose!?

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Edmund Waller

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11
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What is known as England’s greatest allegory? Who wrote it?

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Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan

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12
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Who is considered to be the greatest poet of the Puritan time period?

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John Milton

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13
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Who wrote No Coming to God without Christ?

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Robert Herrick

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14
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Who wrote The Anniversary?

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John Donne

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Who wrote The Pulley?

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George Herbert

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What work are the following lines from?: “Only our love hath, no decay;”

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The Anniversary

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17
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What are striking comparisons used by the Metaphysical poets?

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Metaphysical conceits

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18
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Who wrote The Author’s Resolution in a Sonnet?

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George Wither

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19
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_____ is one of many responses to Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

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The Bait

20
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Edmund Waller’s greatest contribution to literature was his use of the _____ in which a complete thought is expressed in two rhyming lines.

A

couplet

21
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Who believed that Christians should live a pure and holy life?

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The Puritans

22
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Who is considered to be the second greatest writer in English literature?

A

John Milton

23
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Who wrote On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three?

A

John Milton

24
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Who wrote The Bait?

A

John Donne

25
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Who wrote To Althea, from Prison?

A

Richard Lovelace

26
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Which author was known for being blind and having to dictate his works?

A

John Milton

27
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What is known as England’s greatest epic? Who wrote it?

A

Paradise Lost by John Milton

28
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Who wrote Friends Departed?

A

Henry Vaughan

29
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The _____ poets were interested in the things of the mind, the soul, and eternity.

A

Metaphysical

30
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What is England’s greatest pastoral elegy?

A

Lycidas

31
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Who wrote A Hymn to God the Father?

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John Donne

32
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What work are the following lines from?: “For thou thy sellf art thine own bait;”

A

The Bait

33
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Who wrote To God, on His Sickness?

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Robert Herrick

34
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A(n) _____ points out an unusual parallel between highly dissimilar elements.

A

metaphysical conceit

35
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Who wrote To Lucasta, Going to the Wars?

A

Richard Lovelace

36
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Who wrote To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time?

A

Robert Herrick

37
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Who wrote Meditation XVII?

A

John Donne

38
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Who wrote (an adaption of) Psalm I?

A

John Milton

39
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Who wrote Delight in Disorder?

A

Robert Herrick

40
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Who wrote Renunciation?

A

John Donne

41
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What time period is associated with the Age of the Puritans?

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1625-1660

42
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Who wrote The Collar?

A

George Herbert

43
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Who wrote His Prayer for Absolution?

A

Robert Herrick

44
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_____, one of the most important of the Metaphysical poets, was known for his saintly life and intense devotion to God.

A

George Herbert

45
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Who wrote A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning?

A

John Donne

46
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Who wrote Paradise Lost?

A

John Milton

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