Lit 5: Quiz II

The Neoclassical Period is also called the:

• Age of Reason

• Age of Faith

• Age of Milton

• Age of Romanticism

The Neoclassical writers were heavily influenced by:

• Medieval legends

• Greek and Roman ideals of order and balance

• Renaissance drama

• Puritan sermons

Which monarch’s restoration in 1660 marked the beginning of the Neoclassical Age?

• James I

• Charles II

• James II

• William III

Neoclassical literature emphasized:

• Emotion and imagination

• Order, logic, and reason

• Mysticism and spirituality

• Nature and individuality

Jonathan Swift is best described as a:

• Romantic poet

• Satirist

• Neoclassical playwright

• Puritan preacher

The main purpose of Swift’s satire was to:

• Entertain without deeper meaning

• Promote Romantic ideals

• Criticize social, political, and moral corruption

• Celebrate classical myths

Gulliver’s Travels was published in:

• 1620

• 1660

• 1726
  

• 1798

In Gulliver’s Travels, the Lilliputians primarily reflect Swift’s satire of:

• Human capacity for kindness in small matters

• The pride, vanity, and political absurdities of mankind

• The intellectual curiosity of European scientists

• Religious leaders who sought moral perfection

The Brobdingnagians in Book II are best interpreted as:

• A society whose moral simplicity exposes Europe’s corruption

• A monarchy that imitates England’s court rituals

• A culture obsessed with military conquest

• A people who use religion to justify intolerance

The Struldbrugs satirize:

• Political leaders who cling to power for too long

• The romantic notion of eternal youth and immortality

• The clergy’s promises of life after death

• The arrogance of scientific “progress”