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ENGL 216 Quiz 1 Question 1 For this author, fiction is didactic and authors have the moral responsibility of selecting characters and situations carefully: Question 2 Johnson defines “works of fic... tion” as ordinary events happening to real people. Question 3 Swift seriously proposes cannibalism in “A Modest Proposal.” Question 4 In her letter to Lady Mar, Montagu states that the Turkish women are the only free people in the Empire. Question 5 “I think it as scandalous for a woman not to know how to use a needle, as for a man not to know how to use a sword” was written by: Question 6 Why does Montagu compare the baths to a ‘women’s coffee-house’? Question 7 This author was encouraged to stop writing in a journal. Question 8 This work hypothesizes that there must be geniuses among the poor. Question 9 This Neoclassical author was considered a hero in Ireland for going against English oppression of Ireland: Question 10 Belinda wears a sparking on her breast.Question 11 Swift argues that skin can be used by the thrifty for: Question 12 Arming for battle The Rape of the Lock is equated with primping for the party. Question 13 Which work states, “The boasts of heraldry, the pomp of power…The paths of glory lead but to the grave”? Question 14 Belinda’s protector sprite is: Question 15 “The use of knowledge in our sex (beside the amusement of solitude) is to moderate the passions and learn to be contented with a small expense” was written by: Question 16 The Elizabethan Age is often called the Golden Age of England, when all arts flourished. Question 17 What best describes Lady Montagu’s attitude toward the women she observes? Question 18 The Restoration Period occurs from: Question 19 What ascends comet-like to the starry heavens to assume its place among other constellations? Question 20 Who gives the Baron scissors in The Rape of the Lock? Question 21 Swift relies on logic, statistics, and facts to present his proposal. Question 22 Characteristics of an Epic include the following: Question 23 Swift satirizes the domestic values of the Irish, who had a lack of self respect, while at the same time admonishes the inhumane lack of compassion by those who saw the poor as animals. Question This author’s father found her journal and warned her to be more careful about leaving it out: Question 25 What is the primary goal of fiction, according to Johnson? Question 26 Types of Novels during Restoration include: Question 27Swift provides several serious arguments as to how the problems in Ireland could be solved, including: Question 28 “For pride, which produces quickness of resentment, will obstruct gratitude, by unwillingness to admit that inferiority which obligation implies; and it is very unlikely that he who cannot think he receives a favour, will acknowledge or repay it” comes the following work: Question 29 Montagu warns Lady Bute that languages are representative of learning and what a woman has learned she should share with all. Question 30 This work is known as the greatest mock epic poem ever written: Question 31 This work asks, “[B]ut why, permit me to ask, must a female be made Nobody?” Question 32 The work is essentially a metaphor that ‘The English are devouring the Irish.’ Question 33 Machinery in The Rape of the Lock consists of: Question 34 In Rambler No. 4 Johnson suggests that earlier romances were not realistic and therefore not dangerous: Question 35 This author was a hero in Ireland for speaking out against the English oppression of Ireland. Question 36 This Neoclassical author, who suffered from tuberculosis and was only 4 ½ feet tall, translated the Odyssey and Iliad: Question 37 The early centuries of England were very turbulent times and a struggle between Protestants and Catholics. Question 38 This work can be classified as pre-Romantic: Question 39 Montague’s revelation of her “stays” to the Turkish women in the baths suggests that she is not as free as they are. Question 40 The Rape of the Lock mocks ancient epics. Question 41 Ombre is: Question 42 Lady Montagu does not undress for a bath; rather, she visits and observes. Question 43 In “A Modest Proposal,” Swift argues that infants are most plentiful in March because: Question 44 This author addresses a journal to “Nobody.” Question 45 Which work posits that all men are equal in death? Question 46 In Rambler No. 4 Johnson writes, “They are the entertainment of minds unfurnished with ideas, and therefore easily susceptible of impressions; not fixed by principles, and therefore easily following the current of fancy; not informed by experience, and consequently open to every false suggestion and partial account” which means: Question 47 The two main British political parties during the eighteenth century were: Question 48 The main argument in “A Modest Proposal,” that children should be used for food, is a serious proposal. Question 49 This work was based on an actual quarrel between two Catholic families: Question 50 Montague suggests that the Turkish women at the baths were more polite to a stranger than the European court would have been. [Show More]

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