Abeka English Literature Test 11 – Flashcards
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Who wrote "Sun of my Soul"?
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John Keble
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Who wrote "Tony Kytes, the Arch Deceiver"?
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Thomas Hardy
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From what work was Mr. Murdstone?
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David Copperfield
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From what work was Colonel Pickering?
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Pygmalion
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From what work was Hannah Jolliver?
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Tony Kytes, the Arch Deceiver
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From what work was Mrs. Pearce?
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Pygmalion
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From what work was Unity Sallet?
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Tony Kytes, the Arch Deceiver
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In Pygmalion, why did Eliza Doolittle come to Higgins?
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to change her speech
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What poem is a tribute to the average modern man?
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The Unknown Citizen
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What poem describes the sinking of the Titanic?
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The Convergence of the Twain
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What was the Victorian Era known as?
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The great age of prose
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Who was the first popular Victorian novelist?
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Charles Dickens
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What poem describes a rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem?
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The Second Coming
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What poet gives advice to future Irish poets?
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William Buler Yeats
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Who wrote Great Verses through the Bible?
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F. B. Meyer
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Name the work: "Till the Spinner of the Years Said 'Now!' And each one hears, And consummation comes, and jars two hemispheres."
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The Convergence of the Twain
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Name the work: "Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd."
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The Unknown Citizen
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Name the work: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
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The Second Coming
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Name the work: "This set down This: were we led al the way for Birth or Death?"
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Journey of the Magi
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Name the work: "To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town."
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To an Athlete Dying Young
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In Tony Kytes, the Arch Deceiver, whom did Tony marry at the end?
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Milly
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Who wrote Pygmalion?
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Bernard Shaw
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What was Eliza Doolittle selling at the beginning of Pygmalion
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flowers
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What novel form became the most significant form from the Victorian era?
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novel of purpose
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What group of poets idealized the beauties of nature in the tradition of Wordsworth?
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Georgians
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Name the theme: "The Hollow Men"
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the weakness of modern man
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Name the theme: "The Darkling Thrush"
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a creature's joyful singing in a gloomy world
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Name the theme: The Treasury of David
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Psalm 8
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Name the theme: "In Time of 'The Breaking the Nations'"
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wars come and go, but men still go on with their business
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Name the theme: "To an Athlete Dying Young"
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the irony of fame and glory
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Who wrote "Under Ben Bulben"?
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William Butler Yeats
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Who wrote "London Coffee Houses"?
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Who wrote "The Hollow Men"?
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T. S. Eliot
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Who wrote The Treasury of David?
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Who wrote "The Soldier"?
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Rupert Brooke
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Who wrote "The Unknown Citizen"?
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W. H. Auden
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Who wrote "In My Craft or Sullen Art"?
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Dylan Thomas
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ESSAY: Explain the quote: "My dear old bedroom was changed, and I was to lie a long way off. I rambled downstairs to find anything that was like itself, so altered it all seemed." Include the title, author, and the characters significant conflict.
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see David Copperfield for information
