English 4B unit 3 – Flashcards
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What was not an invention during the victorian age
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neucular power
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What percentage of the world was owned by queen Victoria at the time?
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25%
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Who was the novelist that wrote about the plight of the poor in a victorian society?
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Charles Dickens
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Naturalism was greatly influenced by the work of
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charles darwin
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What describes people's attitudes during the Victorian Era in general
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People were hopeful about the future but doubtful about new ideas
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Lord Tennyson Alfred
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Poet laureate of England
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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married another famous poet
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Gerald manley hopkins
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a Jesuit priest
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Lewis Caroll
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well known for children's literature
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In "Crossing the Bar" the imagery creates a
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hopeful mood
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Which is the best summary of "Crossing the Bar"
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The speaker compares death to crossing a bar at sea and he is hopeful he will meet god
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In the poem "Ulysses" How does Ulysses feel about his life at home
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He feels that his life is not exciting or fufilling
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Based on the poem we know that Ulysses is
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an older man
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What is the meaning of the metaphor in lines 18-23 of Ulysses
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His life is not fully used yet
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What victorian values are exhibited by Ulysses
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interest in progress and optimism about the future
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What can you infer about the speakers past in sonnet 43
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her past was unhappy
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Pied Beauty describes
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nature
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in both "pied beauty" and "Spring and fall" the speaker
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believes in god and the spiritual nature of man
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In "Spring and Fall" Margaret is most worried about
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her own mortality
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Victorian's felt that they could bend nature to their own purposes. Hopkin's poems
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Show that man is part of nature, not master over it
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What is the best summary of "Jabberwocky"
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A boy slays the jabberwock and returns home a hero
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How does the atmosophere of Jabberwocky change
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fearful but becomes joyus and heroic
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Which element is not created by nonce words in Jabberwocky?
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extended metaphor
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All these works about love agree that love
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affects life and the world
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Which of these works says that love is not as important as others sometimes make it seem?
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Love is not all: It is not meat or drink
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Which work has the least realistitc tone
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sonnet 43`
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is restrained by love. is set free by love
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millay: browning
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In the essay, one argument states that love is a cultural delusion. What fact from the essay "What Is Love?" best refutes this argument?
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Romantic love has remained constant for centuries
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How would Victorian writers respond to the scientific idea that love is biologically determined?
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Victorians agree because they value scientific progress
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Which does not describe the life of Charlotte Bronte
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She was married at a young age
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While at Gateshead Jane is treated like a
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servant
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What describes Mrs. Reed from Jane Ere
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She believes she's kind because she has taken Jane in
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How does Jane feelabout her surroundings?
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She is intimmidated and miserable
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Charles Dickiens intended his novels
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to cause social reform
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In Oliver Twist, the man in the white waistcoat does not understand why Oliver is crying. What does this reveal about him?
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He is insensitive
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Which of the following is a theme of both these excerpts from Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre?
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Cruellty can be disguised as kindness
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Robert Browning
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Happily married another poet
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Matthew Arnold
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proponent of arts and sciences in education
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A. E. Houseman
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professor that tutored his siblings
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Thomas Hardy
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wrote about themes of love within marriage
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Who is the speaker in "My last duchess"
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a duke
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how does the speaker feel about the duchess
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she is too friendly with other men
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What happened to the duchess
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she is either murdered or sent away
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In "To an Athlete Dying Young," when is the subject of the poem carried "shoulder-high"?
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When he won a race and when he died
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Which element of lyric poetry is not seen in "To an Athlete Dying Young"?
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the poem applies all of these elements
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In "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?", how is the dog's response ironic?
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The dog is not digging in order to mourn for the speaker
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How does "The Darkling Thrush" differ from earlier poems of the Victorian era such as "Crossing the Bar"?
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The tone in "the darkling thrush" is pessimistic
