Elizabethan Quiz

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Name three famous poets/writers from the Augustan period.

Answer explanation

John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Sameul Johnson, and Jonathan Swift

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George Herbert is famous for his collection of poems entitled

• The Choice

• The Temple

• The Affliction I

• The Collar

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George Herbert did not write poems in

• Greek

• Latin

• English

• French

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Who were accused of witchcraft during the Elizabethan era?

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The poor, the old, single women, and rarely men.

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What was a Masque?

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Quasi-dramatic entertainment, primarily providing a pretense for a group of strangers to dance and sing before an audience of guests and attendants at a royal court or nobleman's house.

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