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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Neoclassical era was so named because ____~.
people loved classical music
it was a time where writers imitated the classical structures of the Romans and the Greeks
new social classes were created
it was a time when people were very classy
- 2. Multiple Choice
In poetics,___ are two line units of verse that do not extend their sense beyond the line's end.
open couplets
closed couplets
paired couplets
end couplet
- 3. Multiple Choice
He is famous for using heroic couplet.
Pope
Dryden
Johnson
Swift
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of Neoclassical?
New classics
New Ideas
That New New
New Feelings
- 5. Multiple Choice
What kinds of styles did the writers of the Neoclassical period try to imitate?
Greek and Roman
Eastern
Native American
Renaissance
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Enlightenment emphasized
emotions, feelings and passion
reason, logic and order
the force of gravity
electricity
- 7. Multiple Choice
What British tradition started in this period?
Eat chocolate with friends.
Visit bars
Drink afternoon tea.
Bake cupcakes.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who wrote the Gulliver’s Travels?
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Alexander Pope
Jonathan Swift
- 9. Multiple Choice
A metaphysical conceit is an unusual __________________.
plot device
extended metaphor
rhyme scheme
poetic meter
word choice
- 10. Multiple Choice
John Donne, one of the metaphysical poets, wrote in all of the following styles except ______________.
sonnets
sermons
songs
essays
elegies
- 11. Multiple Choice
During the English Civil War, the Cavaliers supported which side?
Parliament
Monarchy
Democracy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
- 12. Multiple Choice
During the English Civil War, the Roundheads supported which side?
Parliament
Monarchy
Democracy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
- 13. Multiple Choice
A common theme of Cavalier poetry is _______________.
carpe nightem
carpe spring
carpe diem
carpe autumn
carpe carpe
- 14. Multiple Choice
The English Neoclassical Period is considered to span the years from 1660 to ____________.
1768
1778
1788
1798
1808
- 15. Multiple Choice
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
- 16. Multiple Choice
The principles of Neoclassical art and writing include all the following except ________.
order
logic
emotion
balance
reason
- 17. Multiple Choice
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
- 18. Multiple Choice
During the English Neoclassical Period, all the following genres (types) were popular except ____________.
letters
diaries
essays
satires
romances
- 19. Fill in the Blank
He was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and cleric who became a Dean of St. Patrick Cathedral, Dublin. One of his Pen name is M.B.DRAPIER
- 20. Fill in the Blank
It is an allegorical, mock heroic story set in the Royal Library of St. James in London.
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