World Lit fixed quizlet midterm exam

Who is the first Tudor king?

Henry VII

Who does Henry VII match his son, Arthur, with?

Catherine of Aragon

Where is Catherine of Aragon from?

Spain

What was the complication for Henry VII to marry off his second son, Henry VIII, to Catherine of Aragon?

He has to get the marriage approved through a Papal Dispensation.

Who were the 6 wives of Henry VIII?

1) Catherine of Aragon

2) Anne Boleyn

3) Jane Seymour

4) Anne of Cleves

5) Catherine Howard

6) Catherine Parr

Who does Catherine of Aragon birth?

Bloody Mary

Who does Henry meet that makes him want to annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon?

Anne Boleyn

What does Henry VIII do to embrace protestantism and marry Anne Boleyn?

He starts his own church and becomes the priest. Through this he asks the new archbishop for an annulment and marriage.

Why does Henry VIII kill Anne Boleyn?

Because Anne births a girl and not a boy. Henry VIII thinks God is punishing him. Henry beheads Anne.

Why does Henry VIII chop Catherine Howard's head off?

Because she bares him no children.

Why and how was William Tyndall killed?

He was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into the vernacular.

When was the first English NT written?

When was the first English Bible written?

- 1525

- 1535

After Edward VI dies, who takes the throne?

Bloody Mary

Was bloody Mary Catholic or protestant

STRONGLY Catholic

What does Bloody Mary do with protestant England?

Turns it catholic by force.

Who are the Marian Exiles?

Protestants who fled from Bloody Mary

Who is William Shakespeare's father and mother?

John and Mary Shakespeare

Who is Shakespeare's wife?

Anne Hathaway

Shakespeare and his wife, Anne, have how many children?

3, one of which was out of wedlock.

What does Shakespeare do in 1592?

He moves to London to become an actor.

What does Shakespeare and his friend open up?

The Globe Theater

What was Shakespeare's acting group called?

1st: Lord Chamberlain's Men

2nd: The Kings Men

When does Shakespeare die?

April 23, 1616

In 1623, how many plays does a certain folio say that Shakespeare wrote?

38

What were some of the kinds of plays that Shakespeare wrote?

Histories, Tragedies, Comedies, Romances, etc.

Who are the Anti-Stratfordians?

Those who believe that Shakespeare didn't write the plays we know to be his.

Unlike Christopher Marlowe, what does Shakespeare do towards religion?

He did not become bitter towards religion.

What are the 3 influences for "The Tempest"

1. Classical Literature

2. Ideas about America

3. The Sea Venture - 1609 - A ship that crashed in Bermuda headed from England to Jamestown

Who created "Utopia" and what does it actually mean?

Thomas Moore created "Utopia" which literally means "no place".

What was "The Sea Venture"?

A ship that wrecked on a tiny deserted island on the way to Jamestown, Virginia/The believed story which Shakespeare got his inspiration for "The Tempest".

What were Ferdinand and Miranda supposed to represent?

The Old and New world merging.

Which passage shows up multiple times in "The Tempest"?

Isaiah 29

What does "Locus Classicus" mean?

A classic place

Who was Prospero?

He was the Duke of Milan whose brother, Antonio, took over his Job, therefore Prospero and his daughter were cast away to an island.

Who was Alonzo?

- Father of Ferdinand

- King

- Brother of Sebastian

Who was Gonzalo?

Old man that helped Prospero and Miranda with supplies when exiled.

Who were Trinculo and Stephanos?

A drunkard and a butler.

Who was Ariel?

A spiritual agent to Prospero.

Who was Caliban?

- Son of Sycorax

- A brute

- Ignorant

- Bad servant of Prospero

- Tried to rape Miranda

Who wants to murder Alonso and become the king of Milan?

Sebastian and Antonio

What does the word "Masque" mean?

Opera

Who was Iris?

Goddess of the rainbow/messenger of the gods

Who was Ceres the goddess of?

Grain

Who is Juno the goddess of?

Marriage

What did the Middle Ages split into?

1) Italian Renaissance/Southern Renaissance

2) Protestant Reformation/Northern Renaissance

Define the enlightenment

God’s transcendence (he is outside of the world)
Head/mind

Rational

Sense

Deist (Emphasized parables, rejected supernatural)

What is transcendence?

The idea that God is totally other and holy beyond us.

What is immanence?

The idea that God is close and involved within the world.

What does "integer" originally mean?

Whole/Integrity

Where was William Wordsworth from?

England

During what historical event was William Wordsworth born?

The French Revolution (1770s-17780's)

1) When did Wordsworth make his collection of poems?

2) Who did he make it with?

3) What did they title the collection?

4) What kind of poets were these two men?

1) 1798

2) Samuel Coleridge

3) Lyrical Ballads

4) Romantic Poets

How did you summarize "The Tables Turned" by William Wordsworth?

Putting down knowledge through books and picking up knowledge through nature.

How did you summarize "A Poet! He Hath Put His Heart to School" by William Wordsworth?

Do not love school, free yourself with nature. Nature is divine.

How did you summarize "The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth?

"I would rather be a pagan than love the stuff of this world."

When did John Keats live?

1795-1821

How would you summarize "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?

The Urn says that "Beauty is truth and truth is beauty". That is all we need to know as humans.

Concerning the world of art, what is objective and what is subjective?

Objective would be a painting of a bunny rabbit, while Subjective would a painting of ones response to the bunny rabbit. SUBJECTIVITY HAS NO MORAL LAW.

How does John Keats respond to Transcendentalism?

In his works, Keats leaves the objective behind and focuses on his subjective reactions. Keats may not be transcendentalist, but he helps Segway into that generation.

How does Ralph Waldo Emerson view nature and God?

Ralph believes that nature IS God.

What is pantheism?

Everything is God.

What three periods did Emily Dickinson live through?

1) Romanticism, 2) Transcendentalism, and 3) Modernism.

Where was Emily Dickinson born?

Amherst, Massachusetts

What people group did Emily Dickinson descend from?

The Puritans.

Who started Harvard?

The puritans.

What are the 3 things that Emily Dickinson writes about?

Nature, Love, and the Heart

What is Transcendentalism a response to?

Nature

What is the message of "I died for beauty" by Emily Dickinson?

Truth and Beauty are ONE.

What are the interchangeable names for the "High Church Movement"?

1) "High Church Movement"

2) "Anglo-Catholic"

3) "Oxford Movement"

4) "Tracts for the Times"

Who was John Henry Newman?

The leader of the Oxford movement who became a Cardinal.

What movement was Hopkins brought up in?

The High Church Movement.

What Catholic group did Hopkins join?

Society of Jesus/The Jesuits

What was the High Church Movement?

A mass return to the Catholic Church.

What is "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" about and who wrote it?

Hopkins. It is about how everything reflects God's glory.

Who were the kids of Henry VIII

Elizabeth - Protestant - Elizabeth Settlement (Affected schools, churches.
Mary - Catholic (Bloody Mary)

Edward - Very Protestant (Ascended throne as a child, 6yrs old)

Recusants

People who refused to attend Anglican services, often Catholic, during the English Reformation.

Short answer: Roman Catholics who didn’t go along with the church of England

Precisians

A faction of Puritans who sought to purify the Church of England from within by enforcing stricter religious practices and beliefs.

Short answer: Puritans were pushing for more Protestantism

What happened in 1525?

First printed English NT

What happened in 1535?

First printed English Bible

What happened in 1560?

Geneva Bible

What was one of Gerald Manley Hopkins's biggest works?

The Terrible Sonnets

4 things we absolutely know about William Shakespeare

1. He was born into a transitional world of the early Elizabethan period

2. Unlike Maslow, he did not become bitter and skeptical about religion

3. No knowledgeable person can read his plays without realizing that Shakespeare was profoundly affected by Christian thought

4. His works express a deep and thorough-going understanding of Protestant theology and culture

Who got married in The Tempest?

Ferdinand and Miranda

Who was Alonso?

Ferdinand’s dad, king of Naples

“How came we ashore? By providence divine”

Famous quote in “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare

Empiricism

Learning only through the senses

“Tis all in pieces” Quote by

John Donne

Who is bitter and resentful of religion?

Christopher Marlow

“The Bible is an antique” Poem by

Emily Dickinson

What book of the Bible figures in “The Tempest”

Isaiah

Why is Pompei significant?

Discovered in the 1700s, it contributed to what was already going on in the Enlightenment. Neo-clasicism

“Soto, explore thyself!” Poem by

Emily Dickinson

“I wonder lonely as a cloud” Poem by

William Wordsworth
About life + Nature
A whole field of daffodils dancing

Shakespeare wrote how many works?

2 long poems, 154 sonnets, 36-38 plays

What year did Queen Elizabeth died

1603