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Cards in this guide (17)
Who served as the first Holy Roman Emperor from 800 to 814

charlemagne...

Who was the founder of the literary club

Samuel Johnson was the founder of the Literary Club.

Who was the first black person to write an autobiography in England

its olaudah equiano

Who was an important source of the study of the lifestyles of the English people and the history of the Neo-Classical period

Samuel Pepys was an important source of the study of the lifestyles of the English people and the history of the Neo-Classical period.

Augustus was the emperor of which country

Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire, and laid the foundations for its 1,500 reign through shrewd military leadership and careful lawmaking. He ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD.

Which period of literature marked the decline of the Puritan influence on British literature

Restoration Period

Which two Roman poets influenced the works of British writers during the Augustan Age

Horace and Virgil

What were poets of the Victorian Age called who wanted to return to the morality of the medieval world

pre-raphelites

Modern drama emerged toward the end of which period

Victorian Period

What type of poem consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter

A sonnet -- particularly of the Italian or Shakespearean variety -- is comprised of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter.

The restoration of which monarch to the throne initiated the era known as the Restoration

charles the second

charles II

Which of these is another name associated with the neo classical age

Enlightment. (A+)

Which of these is a religious and philosophical movement

TRACENDENTALISM

What does it mean The house sat amid squalor and filth

Cheerless

Are the subjects being compared or contrasted the reading passage

Compared

Which of these is a literary and cultural movement that began in part due to the terrible destruction and horrors of World war i

Modernism

Which of types of literature did William Shakespeare did not write

Melodramas

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