Study Guide for Quiz #4

Study Guide Quiz #4

Cumulative through the four types of sonneteers

Covered on this quiz: Everything for Quiz #3 plus:

Malory, Le Morte Darthur

Caxton’s Preface to Le Morte Darthur

Sidney’s Defence of Poesy (assigned excerpt only)

All sonnets and lyric poems assigned through Shakespeare (stop at pastoralism)

KNOW:

Shakespeare’s birth and death dates—1564-1616

Difference between Italian and English sonnet forms

Monarch under which each sonneteer wrote and the order of the three monarchs we’ve discussed (Henry VIII, Elizabeth 1, James 1)
Do know the main centuries in which these sonnets were written (16th-> 17th Wroth)

Wars of the Roses

Early Modern v. Renaissance

Humanism

English Civil War

For each text, know:

Title (if it has a title—you do not need to know sonnet numbers), author, date*, genre (and form, prose, poetry, sonnet type), original language, plot, names of important characters

*Malory, Le Morte Darthure, 2^nd half of 15^th century

Know the meanings of the keywords and be able to define them in a short answer format.

Helpful hints:

Flip through the pages of readings to re-familiarize yourself with key passages.                                                      

Read through your notes.

Re-read the introductory essays in the book–very helpful.

Make practice quizzes for the others in your study group.  Create learning games.