Student name_________________________________________________________ Class ______________________ ID: A Apolinario War Against Time: A 17th and 18 century Exam
True/False Indicate whether the italicized portion of the sentence or statement is true or false. ____
1. This was a very troubled time for the English people, and the writings displayed these troubles.
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2. Lucifer was the Angel of light
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3. According to Milton's novel: Adam and Eve are the British people, and it is through them and not any reigning monrach that England will regain the "Paradise" they lost.
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4. It can be interpreted that Milton's epic states that it was not God's fault that "Paradise" was lost , but it was the failure of the people to govern themselves according to the will of God that caused the fall.
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5. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, because he was the most artistic of the group
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6. Jefferson was a British national, a colonist of the Americas, thus The Declaration of Independence is also considered a British document.
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7. We do have certain unalienable rights given to us at birth, and we willingly relinquish those rights to a person/s who will represent our beliefs, values and morals (the opportunity to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) when we vote.
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8. Jefferson emphasized the contractual justification for independence, arguing that when the tyrannical government of King George III of England repeatedly violated "natural law, " the colonists had not only the right but the duty to revolt.
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9. The Essay on Man is a clear affirmation of a Christian faith: even though life seems chaotic and patternless to man, man simply needs to remember that all events happen as part of God's divine plan & that he needs to only focus on his own choices.
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10. Two things rule man in this Enlightenment age. Reason and Passion. Reason is the energy of the now based on emotions, while passion detrmines what is good for the future. Passion is the guide for reason, as it directs us.
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11. An epic is a long narrative poem which celebrates the deeds of a hero, who is the epitome of a culture's values and morals, while he battles evil in the name of all that is good.
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12. Your reading of Milton's tale speaks of Lucifer being called satan (Hebrew for advesary) and his second in command Beelzebub (Hebrew for lord of the flies). It also mentions his daughter, Sin & his son, Death.
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13. Loosely speaking, John Milton is considered one of the best writers in English Literature, his style follows that of William Shakespeare who was inspired by the great works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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14. Based on Paradise Lost & An Essay on Man: God allows evil to exist allowing mankind to recognize good and evil, so that with the God given right of free will mankind has the opportunity to choose.
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15. The literal tranlation for "Carpe diem" is to cease the day
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Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Critical Reading ____
16. What is the message of “Holy Sonnet 10”? a. Death can never triumph because faith grants eternal life. b. Death is meant only to bring pleasure to humankind. c. Were it not for death, humans could never appreciate life. d. Death is part of life and is both good and evil.
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17. Why is the seemingly contradictory phrase “Death, thou shalt die” actually true within the context of “Holy Sonnet 10”? a. The speaker believes he can kill Death. b. After death, a Christian awakes to eternal life. c. It is impossible for Death to do anything except die. d. Death can have no physical existence.
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18. Which of the following pairs are the subjects of John Donne’s “Song”? a. love and faith c. love and death b. faith and death d. faith and immortality
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19. What is the theme of “On My First Son”? a. the death of a child b. the responsibilities of fatherhood
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the birth of a child the purpose of suffering
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20. In “On My First Son,” what is the “best piece of poetry” referred to in the lines “. . . say here doth lie / Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry”? a. the poem “On My First Son” itself c. Jonson’s early writings b. Jonson’s son d. the epitaph on Jonson’s grave
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21. An epigram is characterized by a. parallelism, clarity, brevity, and rhyme. b. parallelism, wit, brevity, and humor. c. truthfulness, permanence, and serious subject matter. d. permanence, brevity, clarity, and wit.
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22. In “To His Coy Mistress,” to what does Marvell allude in the line “Time’s winged chariot hurrying near”? a. a gathering of angels c. the approach of death b. his love’s acceptance of him d. unwanted attentions from his rival
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23. The rosebuds in the first line of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” are a symbol of a. the beauty of nature. c. the joys of youth. b. early childhood. d. love and marriage.
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24. What does the flower symbolize in these lines from “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”? And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. a. b.
the length of human life a prosperous garden
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25. What is the main theme of the 270 line excerpt from Paradise Lost which you were assigned? a. service to God c. consequences of rebellion b. good and evil d. historical relationships
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26. Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost expresses values of seventeenth-century Christian England in that it reflects a prevalent belief in a. Greek and Roman classical gods. c. serpents and sea monsters. b. earthly angels. d. Heaven and Hell.
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27. Since he tried to write like Shakespeare, which of the following describes the style in which Milton wrote Paradise Lost? a. unrhymed iambic pentameter c. quatrains of varying rhyme schemes b. rhymed couplets d. run-on lines
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28. The lines “With loss of Eden, till one greater Man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat” from Paradise Lost allude to the a. power of God. c. coming of Christ. b. punishment of Satan. d. joy of the angels.
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29. A central idea of the excerpt from An Essay on Man is that human beings a. control their hearts but not their minds. b. have many powers but also many weaknesses. c. being rational is pointless. d. resemble beasts more than angels.
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30. Pope’s images in this excerpt from An Essay on Man suggest the view that intellect and emotion are a. fundamentally similar. c. mutually complementary. b. equally valuable. d. strongly opposing.
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31. When Pope refers to “a middle state,” in An Essay on Man he is referring most likely to a state between a. birth and death. c. knowledge and doubt. b. god and animal. d. Heaven and Hell.
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32. What can be inferred from The Declaration of Independence about Jefferson’s general attitude toward revolution and rebellion? a. All cases of injustice vindicate revolution and rebellion. b. People frequently use revolution and rebellion as their first course of action. c. Revolution and rebellion are methods of last resort. d. Revolution and rebellion are poor ways of dealing with conflict.
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33. When Jefferson ends The Declaration of Independence by stating his “firm reliance on the protection of divine providence,” what is he suggesting? a. American does not need to act, since God will protect the new nation. b. He is secure in his belief that God will bless America’s fight for independence. c. Americans will be rewarded in Heaven for breaking from Britain. d. He hopes that God will protect America’s interests.
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34. Jefferson’s list of self-evident truths in The Declaration of Independence is effective because it a. helps his audience understand the truths. b. creates a connection between these truths and the colonists’ attempts at reconciliation with Britain. c. draws his readers’ attention to his personal opinions about humanity. d. imparts a sense of reasonableness to the beginning of his argument.
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35. In The Declaration of Independence, Jefferson uses the charged word tyrant to characterize the king of Britain. What emotion is Jefferson appealing to by using this word? a. sorrow c. hatred b. scorn d. pride
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36. After identifying the details of his proposal, the narrator points out "one other collateral advantage.” What is that advantage? a. reducing noise pollution in the vicinity of c. freeing fathers from the burden of caring playgrounds for their children b. lessening the number of papists (i.e., d. improving the diets of adults Catholics)
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37. What is the one objection that the narrator thinks might "possibly be raised against this proposal"? a. It will reduce the number of people in the c. It is morally repugnant. kingdom. b. It will deprive landlords of some d. It will reduce the country's dependence much-needed income. on lamb and other meat products.
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38. Toward the end of the essay, the narrator rejects alternative solutions. Which one of the following is not one of the “other expedients” that he considers and immediately rejects? a. taxing absentee landlords at five shillings c. putting children to work at a young age a pound b. quitting animosities and factions, and d. requiring shopkeepers to buy only goods learning to love “our country” that have been made in Ireland
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39. In the story from Gulliver’s Travels of how the dispute arose between the Big-Endians and the Little-Endians, the chief objects of Swift’s satire are a. triviality and pettiness c. arrogance and pomposity b. ignorance and superstition d. friendly competition
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40. The Lilliputians in Gulliver’s Travels are a satire on a. political institutions. c. b. table manners. d.
religious conflict. political fighting.
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41. In Gulliver’s Travels, after Gulliver brings the enemy ships to the Lilliputian prince,what does Gulliver do with the ships? a. breaks them for firewood c. ties them to a dock for the Lilliputian navy b. sets them adrift into sea d. returns them to Blefuscu with his apologies
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42. The fact that Gulliver apologizes to readers in Gulliver’s Travels for the king of Brobdingnag’s narrow-mindedness shows that Swift's satiric characterization of Gulliver is a. narrow-minded himself. b. gracious about his host’s good intentions. c. willing to accept the flaws of others. d. trying to make readers identify with the king.
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43. According to the king of Brobdingnag in Gulliver’s Travels, the qualifications necessary to be an English legislator are (Hint: Jay Leno would say the same thing) a. pride and arrogance. c. an appreciation of the arts and nature. b. wit and ingenuity. d. ignorance, idleness, and vice.
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44. Of the following, which is not one of the common options chosen by the children of Ireland? a. Sell themselves to the Barbadoes c. Become factory workers b. Become thieves d. Fight for the Pretender in Spain
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45. How old did Swift recommend children be before they became a modest proposal? a. 1 year c. 9 year b. 3 year d. 12 year
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46. Of the 120,000 children annually born in Dublin at the time, how many did Swift suggest should be used for the modest proposal? a. 10,000 c. 100,000 b. 50,000 d. 200,000
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47. What was the ethnicity of the person who told the narrator that a young, healthy child is a most delicious, nourishing and wholesome food? a. Spanish c. English b. American d. French
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48. During what time are the most Roman Catholic children born? a. 9 months after Christmas c. 9 months after winter solstice b. 9 months after Lent d. 9 months after 1st day of spring
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49. What did the narrator recommend as the selling price for a beggar’s child? a. 10 Shillings c. 10 Galleons b. 100 Shilling d. 100 Knuts
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50. What did the narrator acknowledge as the strongest objection to his proposal? a. It would be too difficult to implement if c. It would be looked down upon in other it was run by the government. countries. b. It would create a more homogenous d. It was a little bordering on cruelty. Ireland.
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51. Which of the following is listed as one of the benefits of the narrator’s modest proposal? a. People will not live in fear of being c. The food will bring a great custom to robbed. taverns in Ireland. b. The price of other foods in Ireland will d. Sanitation in Ireland will be improved. go down.
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52. Why did the narrator say that the modest proposal food should not bear exportation? a. The people of Ireland could not afford c. The smell of the food would be repulsive the shipping costs. over a long journey. b. The flesh is too tender to admit a long d. The people of Ireland did not want other continuance of salt. nation’s citizens eating their children.
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53. What problem does the narrator call attention to in the first paragraph of "A Modest Proposal"? a. his own inability to find work c. female beggars accompanied by children b. his wife's inability to bear children d. the country's ongoing war with Spain Lectures
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54. What name has history given to the time period which we have completed studying? a. The Industrial Revolution c. the Renaissance b. The Romantic Period d. The Enlightenment
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55. Who is considered to be the author of The Declaration of Independence? a. An English colonist c. A highly educated and literate man b. Thomas Jefferson d. All of the above
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56. Choose the name given to the style of poetry which linked objects or ideas not commonly associated, thus creating a paradox of emotions and ideas. a. Transfiguratory Poetry c. Metaphysical Poetry b. Divination Poetry d. Romantic Poetry
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57. Complete the following poem by choosing the words that best fit into the blank spaces. Gather ye _____ while ye may / ______ is still a flying And this same _______ that smiles today/ Tomorrow will be _____ a. souls, Cherubs, angel, falling c. flowers, Your time, beauty, rising b. rosebuds, Old time, flower, dying d. roses, Time, flowers, pasing
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58. Which English monarch was invloved in the Glorious Revolution? a. James I son of Mary Queen of Scots c. Mary daughter of James II b. Charles I son of James I d. Charles II son of Charles I
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59. Which traditonal style of governemnt did Charles I use when he ruled England in the mid 1600s?. a. Constitutional Monarchy c. Parliament b. Monarchy d. Congress
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60. Which monarch escaped to France only to return as King of England decades later. a. Charles II c. Louis XIV b. James I d. William of Orange
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61. This government was formulated by the Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell. a. Constitutional Monarchy c. Oligarchy b. Commonwealth d. Republic
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62. Which era preceeded this time period which we have just completed? a. Restoration c. Middle Ages b. Renaissance d. Romatic Period
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63. Who were the ruling Monarchs prior to this time period which we just completed studying? a. Henry V, Macbeth, Elizabeth I c. Edward II, William I, Elizabeth II b. Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, James I d. Elizabeth II, James I, Charles du Gall
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64. What was the title given to Cromwell during his reign over England? a. Lord Protector c. People's King b. Supreme Commander d. Lionhearted
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65. Who wrote the Lycidas & Paradise Regained? a. John Milton b. Ben Johnson
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Andrew Marvell John Donne
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66. Which of the following people was not directly a part of the Stuart family? a. William of Orange c. Charles I of England b. James II of England d. James VI of Scotland
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67. Oliver Cromwell lead the Puritans against this group of people who supported the King a. Royalist c. Whigs b. Loyalist d. Tories
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68. At the age of 30 Milton's goal was to create an epic revolving around this legendary hero. a. Arthur Pendragon c. Arthur of Normandy b. Arthur of Cambria d. Arthur dux Cerwiden
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69. Which of the following people did not live during the Jacobean Era? a. Elizabeth I c. Chalres I b. Anne d. William Shakespeare
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70. What is the Metaphysical conceit of Holy Sonnet 10? a. Death thou shalt die c. Death be not proud b. Death thou art kind d. Death? what death? I'm not dead yet.
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71. If Lucifer is the epic hero and God is the antagonist, who is/are the protagonist/s (main character/s) of Milton's epic? a. Adam and Eve c. Angels b. Beelzebub d. Jesus
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72. According to Milton, why did he want to write Paradise Lost? a. to justify the ways of God to man c. to explain the 'middle state' of mankind b. to find the redemtion in man d. to recognize society's flawed nature
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Critical Reading The questions below are based on the following selection. This selection is John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 14.” Donne adresses a “three personed God,” a reference to the Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost Holy Sonnet 14 by John Donne Batter my heart, three-personed God; for You As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force, to break, blow, burn and make me new. [5]
I, like an usurped town, to another due, Labor to admit You, but O, to no end, Reason Your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captived, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly I love You, and would be loved fain,
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But am betrothed unto Your enemy. Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again; Take me to You, imprison me, for I, Except You enthral me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except You ravish me.
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73. So that the speaker of the poem may rise and stand, he asks God to do all of the following except a. knock him. c. o’erthrow him. b. batter him. d. burn him.
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74. Like many other of Donne’s poetical works, this selection is an example of a. free verse. c. epic poetry. b. narrative poetry. d. metaphysical poetry.
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75. According to lines 9–10, what is the speaker’s present condition? a. He is angry at God. c. He is wedded to his faith in God. b. He is wedded to sin. d. He is exhausted by his love.
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76. Which is the best description of the poem’s tone? a. gentle c. b. respectful d.
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77. Lines 3, 13, and 14 are metaphysically notable for a. the paradoxes they contain. c. b. their approximate rhymes. d.
their formal language. the epigrams they contain.
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78. Which is the best explanation of the meaning of line 14? a. Chastity is unrelated to spirituality. b. Human beings must find balance in their lives. c. God can redeem only those who are chaste. d. Being ravished—or transformed—by God would be cleansing.
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79. Donne’s speaker makes an important comparison between a. a viceroy and God. c. God and a flame. b. himself and a “usurped town.” d. himself and Satan.
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80. In sum, what does the speaker of this poem desire? a. sin c. marriage b. kindness d. salvation
Matching Monarchs
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81. 82. 83. 84. 85.
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86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92.
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Henry VIII Elizabeth I James I Charles I Oliver Cromwell Charles II
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James II William and Mary Louis XIV Mary Tudor Elizabeth II Prince William
Monarch who tried to return England to a Catholic faith prior to the Glorious Revolution. Monarch who was the 1st Scottish king of England; he really liked the play Macbeth Because of his disagreement with Parliament, England became involved in a Civil War With a middle name of Arthur, his marriage to Kate Middleton is believed to be England's return to Camelot an upset puritan who overthrew the crown and formed an English Commonwelath and was called Lord Protector His personal guards were the famous Musketeers. He was one of the most famous of all the Tudors Monarch during Shakespeare's early plays, when he was part of the Lord Chamberlain's men Her ramage over religious non-conformists gave her name the descriptive ajective of "Bloody" the royal son who returned from France to rule England under a Constitutional Monarchy Monarch who wanted to return England to Catholicism after her father created the Anglican church divorced his wife by separating from the Catholic church and creating the Anglican church, he's the grandfather for the cicil war of the 17th century His rule over England was more of a Dictatorship since he had no royal blood to declare himself King. His father will be king before him, but he is viewed as the 'return of Arthur' Monarch of France and builder of the Versailles palace Monarch who preceded the line of George I, II and III He housed the young Charles II's, during his exile from England's Civil War Monarch who reigned after James I under an Anglican church 9
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99. His reign over England brought arts and culture back into the country, thus sparking the evolution of the Enlightenment Period. ____ 100. Monarch currently on the throne of England, AD 2009
HONORS ESSAY (20 pts) Must have an intro with thesis, body with textual support and a conclusion 101.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the skeptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasn'ing but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much. Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Pope's Essay on Man sums up the age’s view of man’s nature and place in world. It is an educated man’s view of his place in the world and the grand scheme of things based on the Great Chain of Being believing that everything God created is perfect. PROMPT: Pope argues that whatever is right, is right only because only God is omnipotent and man should not question Him. This means that man lives a paradoxical life, one stuggling between strife and harmony, for a purpose. Assuming that this is true, then in the end, is it better to believe that every man is a fool for failing to recognize e vil while stuggling for perfection or to believe that God is not wise for allowing evil to exist. (Use Pope's Epistle 2 and other readings from this era to prove your point.)
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