brit lit renaissance poetry and prose exam

james vi of scotland

who was named elizabeth's successor when she died in 1603? (renaissance history)

scholarship based on the classical learning of ancient greece and rome

the renaissance is defined as the rebirth of what? (renaissance history)

plymouth

the active persecution of the puritans led the founding of what american colony in 1620? (renaissance history)

defeat of the spanish armada

what historical event resulted in english supremacy on the high seas? (renaissance history)

guy fawkes

what man, along with wat tyler, led the conspirators in this attempt to blow up parliament? (renaissance history)

essay

what genre was introduced to england by sir francis bacon? (renaissance history)

telescope

what important invention did galileo develop during the renaissance? (renaissance history)

stuart

what family of rulers was on the throne during the decline of the renaissance? (renaissance history)

45

for how many years did elizabeth rule? (renaissance history)

mary i

what monarch tried to restore catholicism? (renaissance history)

the globe

what was the name of the theater in which the plays of shakespeare were performed? (renaissance history)

tudor

what family of rulers was on the throne at the beginning of the renaissance period? (renaissance history)

roundheads

what group of men supported parliament during the civil wars? (renaissance history)

metaphysical school

what school of writers was led by john donne? (renaissance history)

john milton

what puritan poet wrote during the renaissance? (renaissance history)

commonwealth

what was the name of the new government that was formed after the king was beheaded after being found guilty of treason against the people of england? (renaissance history)

the gun powder plot

what conspiracy was conceived by a group of catholics in 1604 and was attempted but failed in 1605 (attempted to blow up parliament while the king and his family were in attendance)? (renaissance history)

charles i

during the english civil wars, what king was on the throne, was tried for treason against the english people, and was beheaded? (renaissance history)

cavaliers

what group of men supported the king during the civil wars? (renaissance history)

divine right

the stuart kings believed that god had appointed them to the throne and that they ruled by ______ _______ (renaissance history)

war of the roses

what historical event ended when the renaissance began? (renaissance history)

humanism

what is the formal name of the "new learning" introduced by the oxford group? (renaissance history)

mary stuart

what heir to the throne was elizabeth forced to behead? (renaissance history)

elizabeth i

what ruler was on the throne at the height of the renaissance? (renaissance history)

cambridge

at what english university did erasmus, the philosopher and follower of the new learning, teach? (renaissance history)

ben jonson, christopher marlowe

who were the dramatists mentioned in the reading who wrote during the same time period as shakespeare? (2) (renaissance history)

luther's ninety-five theses, divorce of catherine aragon and henry viii

what were the two events that occured during the renaissance to diminish the influence of the catholic church? (renaissance history)

printing press

what invention enabled the population of england to become literate? (renaissance history)

charles ii

what individual was invited by parliament to restore a monarchy to england? (renaissance history)

drake

which english explorer was intrumental in the expansion of europe? (renaissance history)

oliver cromwell

who led the group that supported parliament in the civil wars? (renaissance history)

cavalier school

what group of writers included lovelace and herrick? (renaissance history)

plague

what disease caused the playhouses to close? (renaissance history)

sonnet

what genre was introduced by wyatt and surrey? (renaissance history)

blank verse

what poetic line became the main vehicle for drama during the renaissance? (renaissance history)

da vinci

which renaissance artist was also an inventor? (renaissance history)

italy

in what european country did the renaissance originate? (renaissance history)

protestant

what religion was practiced by the stuart kings? (renaissance history)

sonnet

14 line verse written in iambic pentameter

petrarchan/italian sonnet

sonnet divided into an octave (eight lines) which states a problem or raises a question and a sestet (six lines) which gives a solution or resolution to the octave

shakespearean/english sonnet

sonnet divided into three quatrains (four lines each) which state a problem or question and a couplet (2 lines) which gives a solution or resolution to the quartrains

essay

a moderately brief prose discussion on a restricted topic, often presenting a personal point of view

formal essay

serious, dignified, logically organized prose discussion written to inform or persuade

cavalier poetry

light-hearty, witty, and highly polished verse written by men of the court

carpe diem

theme of cavalier poetry; "sieze the day" (latin); time is limited, so take advantage of the time you have

metaphysical poetry

common characteristics: argumentative structure, acute realism; involves highly intellectual and often abstruse imagery; represents a revolt against the conventions of elizabethan love poetry/typical petrarchan conceits

metaphysical conceit

the poem unexpected, even striking or shocking analogies, offering elaborate parallels between apparently dissimilar things

pastoral poetry

refers to a literary work dealing with shepherds and rustic life; presents an idealized rather than realistic view of rustic life; common topics include love and seduction, the value of poetry, death and mourning, corruption of the city or court vs. purity of idealized country life, politics (shepherds critique society, generally satirical)

art epic

a deliberate creation by the artist-writer about a civilization or a people (has a purpose); may be based on long-ago histories or long-ago literature

parallelism

arrangement of words, parts of a sentence, paragraph, or other unit of composition in which ideas of equal importance are presented in similar grammatical structure

metonymy

a figure of speech in which a specific word naming an object is substituted for another word with which it is closely associated

synecdoche

a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole

anastrophe

inversion of the usual word order of the parts of a sentence, primarily for emphasis or to achieve a certain rhythm/rhyme

apostrophe

a figure of speech in which an absent person, an abstract quality, or an inanimate object is directly addressed

bacon, essay

who is the author and what is the genre of "of studies?"

marlowe, pastoral and cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "the passionate shepherd to his love?"

raleigh, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "the nymph's reply?"

jonson, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "still to be neat?"

jonson, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "song, to celia?"

jonson, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "on my first son?"

lovelace, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "to althea, from prison?"

lovelace, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "to lucasta, on going to the wars?"

herrick, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "to the virgins, to make much of time?"

donne, pastoral

who is the author and what is the genre of "the bait?"

donne, metaphysical

who is the author and what is the genre of "a valediction, forbidding mourning?"

donne, metaphysical

who is the author and what is the genre of "holy sonnet 10?"

donne, essay

who is the author and what is the genre of "meditation 17?"

marvell, cavalier

who is the author and what is the genre of "to his coy mistress?"

milton, art epic

who is the author and what is the genre of paradise lost?

herbert, metaphysical

who is the author and what is the genre of "easter wings?"

herbert, metaphysical

who is the author and what is the genre of "virtue?"

"of studies" (bacon)

what work are the lines from?:
"They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience."

"of studies" (bacon)

what work are the lines from?:
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that are, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously4; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."

"the passionate shepherd to his love" (marlowe)

what work are the lines from?:
"Come live with me, and be my love, / And we will all the pleasures prove / That vallets, groves, hills, and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields."

"the passionate shepherd to his love" (marlowe)

what work are the lines from?:
"If these delights thy mind may move, / Then live with me and be my love."

"the nymph's reply" (raleigh)

what work are the lines from?:
"If all the world and love were young / And truth in every shepherd's tongue..."

"the nymph's reply" (raleigh)

what work are the lines from?:
"A honey tongue, a heart of gall, / Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall."

"the nymph's reply" (raleigh)

what work are the lines from?:
"...Has joy no date nor age no need, / Then these delights my mind might move, ..."

"still to be neat" (jonson)

what work are the lines from?:
"Lady, it is to be presumed, / Though art's hid causes are not found, / All is not sweet, all is not sound."

"still to be neat" (jonson)

what work are the lines from?:
"Such sweet neglect more taketh me / Than all th'adulteries of art. / They strike mine eyes, but not my heart."

"song, to celia" (jonson)

what work are the lines from?:
"Drink to me only with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine: ..."

"on my first son" (jonson)

what work are the lines from?:
"Farewell, thou child of right hand, and joy; ..."q

"on my first son" (jonson)

what work are the lines from?:
"O, could I lose all father, now. For why..."

"on my first son" (jonson)

what work are the lines from?:
"Rest in soft peace, and, asked, say here doth lie / Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry."

"to althea, from prison" (lovelace)

what work are the lines from?:
"Stone wall do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage;"

"to lucasta, on going to the wars" (lovelace)

what work are the lines from?:
"True, a new mistress now I chase,"

"to lucasta, on going to the wars" (lovelace)

what work are the lines from?:
"I could not love thee, Dear, so much, / Love I not honor more."

"to the virgins, to make much of time" (herrick)

what work are the lines from?:
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, / Old time is still a-flying;"

"to the virgins, to make much of time" (herrick)

what work are the lines from?:
"The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, / The higher he's a-getting,"

"the bait" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"Come live with me, and be my love, / And we will some new pleasures prove / Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, / With silken lines, and silver hooks."

"the bait" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"For thee, thou need'st no such deceit, / For thou thyself art thine own bait: / That fish, that is not catch'd thereby, / Alas, is wiser far than I."

"a valediction, forbidding mourning" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"Our two souls therefore, which are one, / Though I must go, endure not yet / A breack, but an expansion, . Like gold to airt thinness beat."

"a valediction, forbidding mourning" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"If they be two they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two; / Thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show / To move, but doth, if th'other do."

"holy sonnet 10" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."

"meditation 17" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"All mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bund up all out scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another."

"meditation 17" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a pieve of the continent, a part of the main."

"meditation 17" (donne)

what work are the lines from?:
"...Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

"to his coy mistress" (marvell)

what work are the lines from?:
"My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow;"

"to his coy mistress" (marvell)

what work are the lines from?:
"But at my back I always hear / Time's winged chariot hurrying near:"

"to his coy mistress" (marvell)

what work are the lines from?:
"Thus, though we cannot make out sun / Stand still, yet we will make him run."