Unit 1-Restoration and Enlightenment Review

What does the term Restoration (beginning in 1660) refer to when we talk about this period of British history?

• the restoration of a democratic government and a strong Parliament

• the restoration of The Catholic Church

• the restoration of Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnets

• the restoration of monarchy and the return of Charles II

Which of the following best explains what the Age of Enlightenment means?

• a philosophical movement that focuses on human goodness, equality, rationality, and scientific progress.

• a philosophical and literary movement that focuses on nature, emotion, imagination, and intuition.

• a philosophical and literary movement that focuses on ordinary life, middle-class people, and portraying life as realistic as possible.

• a philosophical and literary movement that focuses on defying traditions and norms and experimenting with new poetic forms

Which historical event is discussed in detail in Samuel Pepys' diary?

• The beheading of Charles I

• The Fire of London

• The English Civil War

• a cholera epidemic

“And among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till they were, some of them burned, their wings, and fell down.”

Which of these is nearest in meaning to the word loth, as it is used in the passage above?

• reluctant

• angry

• unable

• happy

“And among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered bout the windows and balconies till they were, some of them burned, their wings and fell down.”

This sentence from The Fire of London is typical of other lines in the diary in that it suggests that Pepys is:

• Sensitive to particulars.

• Prone to philosophizing.

• Indifferent toward people.

• Obsessed with suffering.

Which definition best defines the word pungent?

• repulsive; ugly

• strong taste/smell

• a bad omen

• unrelated to the conversation

Which of the following is the best definition for the word oblique?

• indirect

• concave

• a narrow passageway

• a secluded spot

“‘Now meet thy fate,’ incensed Belinda cried,/And drew a deadly bodkin from her side…”

What does incensed mean?

• beautiful

• perfumed

• angry

• jolly

“Heroes’ wits are kept there in heavy vases,/and wits of fancy lords in snuffboxes and tweezer cases.”

This excerpt from Pope’s The Rape of the Lock _________.

• uses satire to ridicule the upper classes

• uses irony to portray the ruling classes as noble

• uses sarcasm to indicate contempt for the lower classes

• uses understatement to downplay the rift between the classes

Read this excerpt from the conclusion (“The Epitaph”) of Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

“Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,/Heaven did a recompense as largely send:/He gave to Mis’ry all he had, a tear,/He gain’d from Heav’n (‘twas all he wish’d) a friend.”

Keeping in mind that this epitaph is Gray’s own, how does he want to be remembered?

• as a melancholy person who nonetheless found a true love

• as a melancholy person who never found a true love

• as a joyous person who never found a true love

• as an angry person who nonetheless found a true love