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Neoclassical Period: up to Swift
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1
Which man in
Spectator 34
defended the cause of Steele’s
Spectator
?
d. Sir Andrew
c. the clergyman
a. the captain
b. the Templer
2
Like the Review,
The Tatler
became a __________.
d. voice for the Whig party
c. religious periodical
b. periodical of commentary
a. newspaper
3
In
Spectator 465
, Addison suggests all of the following to strengthen one’s faith
except
_____.
c. continuing in one’s convictions
d. retiring from the world with religious meditation
b. adoring God
a. reading various books on various beliefs
4
The Test Act required all officeholders of Parliament to __________.
d. take Anglican communion
b. profess salvation
c. be baptized
a. attend church
5
Swift’s political shift from Whig to Tory was like what other writer’s political shift?
c. Addison’s
b. Defoe’s
a. Dryden’s
d. Steele’s
6
Who was the main audience of
The Tatler
and
The Spectator
?
c. lower class
a. upper class
b. middle class
d. upper-middle class
7
In
Gulliver’s Travels
, the people of Lilliput are aware of only what other empire?
a. Byzantium
d. Alcoran
b. Blefuscu
c. Brundecral
8
The Spectator
contained more of which topic than
The Tatler
?
d. social criticism
c. literary criticism
b. humorous entertainment
a. political discussion
9
Addison’s prose style was __________.
b. informal
c. polished and balanced
d. complex
a. loose and chatty
10
What gave
The Spectator
its distinctively serious tone?
d. articles of manners
c. political articles
b. Steele’s style
a. Addison’s style
11
The opening of
Gulliver’s Travels
begins with __________.
c. Gulliver’s building a ship
d. Gulliver’s biographical sketch
b. the story of the Lilliputians’ first battles
a. the story of the origin of the Lilliputians
12
Jonathan Swift defined reason as __________.
d. both a and b
a. argumentative logic
b. intellectual perception
c. judgment
13
In “From My Own Apartment,” Steele shows the superiority of reason by __________.
d. eulogizing the dead
c. exalting reason
b. condemning astrology
a. satirizing the superstitious
14
The rapid growth in literacy during this period was a result of more __________.
a. writers
b. merchants
c. workers
d. paper
15
A Modest Proposal
uses the same strategy as which biblical story?
b. Balaam’s story
c. the lost coin parable
a. Nathan’s fable
d. the prodigal son’s story
16
According to
Spectator 34
, the purpose of
The Spectator
is to satirize __________.
b. the court
c. evil
d. drama
a. the clergy
17
The essays found in
The Tatler
and
The Spectator
are much like our present-day __________.
a. gossip columns
b. editorials
d. local news articles
c. headline news articles
18
The material in
The Tatler
was organized under names of __________.
d. writers
b. castles
c. coffeehouses
a. queens
19
In
The Conduct of the Allies
and
The Public Policy of the Whigs
, Swift attacked the __________.
a. pro-war policies of the Tories
c. pro-war policies of the Whigs
b. anti-war policies of Parliament
d. anti-war policies of the Tories
20
In “Will’s Coffeehouse,” Mr. Betterton laments the fact that drama has declined from _________.
b. intellectual satire to physical spectacle
a. physical spectacle to emotional spectacle
c. intellectual satire to emotional spectacle
d. emotional satire to physical satire
21
The key to understanding the many contradictions in Swift is his faith in __________.
b. reason
c. charity
a. the Anglican church
d. man’s goodness
22
After his shipwreck, what is the first odd thing Gulliver notices about his surroundings?
a. the height of the trees
d. both b and c
c. the slope of the shore
b. the apparent lack of houses or inhabitants
23
Esther Johnson, whom Swift met while at Moor Park, is called what in Swift’s famous letters?
a. Adella
b. Maria
c. Stella
d. Andrea
24
What aspect of the young man’s character is satirized in “White’s Chocolate House”?
b. his courage
d. his charm
a. his wit
c. his emotions
25
In “From My Own Apartment,” whose identity does Steele assume?
a. John Partridge
c. John Dryden
b. Jonathan Swift
d. Isaac Bickerstaff
26
The Big-Endians in
Gulliver’s Travels
allegorically represent __________.
c. England
b. Protestants
d. France
a. Catholics
27
What was the most popular section of
The Tatler
?
b. “Will’s Coffeehouse”
c. “St. James Coffeehouse”
d. “From My Own Apartment”
a. “Advice from the Scandalous Club”
28
In
Spectator 465
, Addison defends Christianity on the basis of __________.
d. tradition
b. reason
c. sentiment
a. Scripture
