Duplicate of Restoration and Satire

Question 1

What became the favored genre during the Restoration?

Accepted Answer

novel

Question 2

When did the Restoration take place?

Accepted Answer

1660-1785

Question 3

What is empiricism?

Accepted Answer

direct observation of experience as a source of knowledge

Question 4

True/False: England's social elite were encouraged to pursue pleasure and leisure activities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What did the Act of Union do in 1707?

Accepted Answer

United England, Scotland, and Wales as Great Britain

Question 6

The Restoration Period began with what monarch?

Accepted Answer

King Charles II

Question 7

"A Modest Proposal" is an example of which type of satire?

Accepted Answer

Juvenalian

Question 8

True/False: There was a decrease in charitable organizations during the Restoration.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What two political parties developed after Charles II dissolved Parliament?

Accepted Answer

Whigs and Tories

Question 10

What is dogmatism?

Accepted Answer

acceptance of religious beliefs and/or opinions as facts

Question 11

Who wrote "A Modest Proposal"?

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Swift

Question 12

What group revolutionized the scientific method in England?

Accepted Answer

Royal Society for London for Improving of Natural Knowledge

Question 13

What is the main purpose of satire?

Accepted Answer

to inspire reform (change)

Question 14

Which term means the absence of moral constraints?

Accepted Answer

libertinism

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT an emerging idea during the Restoration Period?

Accepted Answer

Classicism

Question 16

What type of satire is more humorous and light-hearted?

Accepted Answer

Horatian

Question 17

Which of the following did NOT become popular during the Restoration?

Accepted Answer

moral restraint and Protestantism

Question 18

What act prevented non-Anglicans from holding public office and attending university?

Accepted Answer

The Test Act of 1673

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of satire?

Accepted Answer

also ends on a humorous point

Question 20

During the Restoration, what became the dominant religious institution/belief?

Accepted Answer

Church of England/Anglican

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