Metaphysics, Cavaliers, Roundheads, and Neoclassicism

Poetry that focuses on meaning more than lyricism is ___________.

• Modern

• Post-modern

• Romantic

• Metaphysical

• Renaissance

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A metaphysical conceit is an unusual __________________.

• plot device

• extended metaphor

• rhyme scheme

• poetic meter

• word choice

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John Donne, one of the metaphysical poets, wrote in all of the following styles except ______________.

• sonnets

• sermons

• songs

• essays

• elegies

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During the English Civil War, the Cavaliers supported which side?

• Parliament

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

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During the English Civil War, the Roundheads supported which side?

• Parliament

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Anarchy

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A common theme of Cavalier poetry is _______________.

• carpe nightem

• carpe spring

• carpe diem

• carpe autumn

• carpe carpe

The English Neoclassical Period is considered to span the years from 1660 to ____________.

• 1768

• 1778

• 1788

• 1798

• 1808

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The English Neoclassical Period looked back to which of the following civilizations for rules of writing, art, and architecture?

• Greek

• Roman

• French

• Greek and Roman

• Roman and French

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The principles of Neoclassical art and writing include all the following except ________.

• order

• logic

• emotion

• balance

• reason

The English Neoclassical Period can be divided into what three ages?

• Restoration Age, Augustan Age, Age of Johnson

• Age of Logic, Age of Reason, Age of Order

• Revolution Age, Restoration Age, Augustan Age

• Revolution Age, Augustan Age, Age of Johnson

• Restoration Age, Age of Reason, Age of Johnson

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