SAT 1

In many aspects, the ________ of the Romantic Period was the young and talented Mary Shelley, who was known as the first female science fiction author. She was an outcast in many ways next to her peers at the time, all being older, white men. Furthermore, she wrote Frankenstein at the tender age of nineteen.

• savant

• yokel

• pariah

The more obvious ________ in the Renaissance Era was William Shakespeare. He was a master at the English language. He has written 37 plays and 154 sonnets and he invented over 1,700 words that we use today.

• savant

• yokel

• pariah

Due to the plague during the Middle Ages, also known as the Black Death, there was a ________ of people in Europe who died. Bodies were collected along the side of streets in piles.

• facade

• myriad

• knell

The ______ author Jane Austen wrote about the way the wealthy had certain guidelines and used their power to manipulate and control the working class during the Victorian Age. She would go on to write many classics including Pride and Prejudice, which explores romance during this time.

• choleric

• knell

• pariah

World War I and II are influential events during the Modern and Contemporary Eras because of the ________ attitude provided by leaders like Hitler, Stalin and others.

• surmount

• knell

• bellicose

The _______ was heard across the world after every ISIS attack where victims were targeted. The morose turn of events made many mourn over the death of a safe environment.

• grapple

• knell

• facade

The control of substance abuse _______ a good amount of writers during the Romantic Period. For example, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was under the influence of opium while writing his famous poem, “Kubla Kahn.”

• yokeled

• grappled

• knelled

The _______ of the Renaissance Era would be the Globe Theater, where Shakespeare, among others, would perform many of his plays.

• facade

• myriad

• bellicose

Queen Victoria would be known as the opposite of a __________. She had a presence of formality and conservatism within her high society.

• yokel

• facade

• pariah

Bram Stoker ________ the vampire industry with Dracula, his popular novel. He stood on top of the rest with his leadership of creativity and suspense.

• surmounted

• facaded

• pariahed