Final Exam Review

Which of the following items best describes England’s transformation over the period from the early 17th century to the middle of the 18th century?

• England moved from a period of comfort and prosperity in the early 17th century to a period of civil war and widespread illness in the middle of the 18th century.

• England moved from a period of civil war, fire , and plague in the early 17th century to a period of relative calm and order in the middle of the 18th century.

• England moved from the Age of Reason in the early 17th century to the Augustan Age in the middle of the 18th century.

• England moved from the Enlightenment in the early 17th century to a period of superstition in the middle of the 18th century.

Neoclassical writing

• a. imitates the old Latin classics

• b. aims to create a unique English style

• c. is written by Octavius of ancient Rome

• d. is translated from classical languages

Which of the following items best describes why the period in England from 1660–1800 was compared with ancient Rome?

• People fled from England to North America; similarly, many people of ancient Rome fled to Latin America.
• England’s colonies struggled for and achieved independence from England, just as the colonies of ancient Rome rebelled against Roman rule and eventually won their freedom.
• The Stuart monarchs restored order to England; likewise, the Emperor Augustus restored order to ancient Rome.
• James II fled from political persecution in England; under similar circumstances, Emperor Augustus of ancient Rome fled Italy.

Which of the following statements best describes the change in the way people viewed natural phenomena during the 18th century?

• Natural phenomena were explained by poets and statesmen.
• Natural phenomena were increasingly accounted for by scientific observation.
• Natural phenomena were investigated and explained by kings.
• Natural phenomena were subject to superstitious interpretation by scholars.

Modern English prose emerged in an age in which the Royal Society of London for the Promotion of Natural Knowledge called for writing that was

• humorous and lighthearted

• . epic and poetic

• scholarly and philosophical

• precise and exact

The phrase that best describes the attitudes of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift is

• hopeful and optimistic

• smug and indifferent

• respectful and humble

• critical and unsatisfied

Satire is a manner of writing that mixes  critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions.

• True
• False

Hyperbole is

• deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect; overstatement.

• a mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (irony of situation), conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation.

• a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.

Irony is

• a mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (irony of situation), conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation.

• is deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect; overstatement.

• a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.

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