Study Guide Quiz #6

Study Guide Quiz #6

Cumulative through Paradise Lost Book 1

Covered on this quiz: Everything for Quiz #5 plus:

Hero and Leander

Milton's sonnets

Paradise Lost, Book 1 only

KNOW:

Monarch under which each poet wrote and the order of the major monarchs we’ve discussed (Henry VIII, Elizabeth 1, James 1, Charles 1).  Hint: remembering where the authors appear in the book can help you remember the order in which they wrote.

For each text, know:

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

Marlowe--Elizabethan

Raleigh--Elizabethan

Whitney--Elizabethan

Marlowe--Elizabethan

Donne-Elizabethan/Jacobean

Lanyer--Elizabethan/Jacobean

Jonson--Jacobean

Herrick--Jacobean/Caroline

Herbert--Jacobean/Caroline

Lovelace--Caroline

Marvell--Caroline; Commonwealth

Milton--Commonwealth/Restoration (Charles II)

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

Helpful hints:

Do study the earlier quizzes.

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.