Neoclassicism I GRADE A Q&A
Read the paragraph and complete the sentence. - (correct answer)His poems often
featured HEROIC, rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. His SATIRICAL verses...
Who was the last member of the Stuart line whose death left Britain without a clear
successor? - (correct answer)Queen Anne
Which of these words would best describe the tone of "Rule Britannia" - (correct
answer)Patriotic
Which lines in the passage explain why English scholars felt a dire need to set
standards for the English language. - (correct answer)According to some scholars,
when poorly educated people read, wrote and spoke, they corrupted the English
language.
There was no authority on the "correct" way to use or spell words
Match the individuals - (correct answer)Political Leader= Cromwell
Philosopher= Adam Smith
Lexicographer= Samuel Johnson
Diarist= Samuel Pepys
Which lines in the poem illustrate that death's power is an illusion? - (correct answer)For
rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more
must flow
One short sleep past, we wake eternally And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt
die
Read the paragraph and complete the sentence. - (correct answer)His poems often
featured HEROIC, rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. His SATIRICAL verses...
Who was the last member of the Stuart line whose death left Britain without a clear
successor? - (correct answer)Queen Anne
Which of these words would best describe the tone of "Rule Britannia" - (correct
answer)Patriotic
Which lines in the passage explain why English scholars felt a dire need to set
standards for the English language. - (correct answer)According to some scholars,
when poorly educated people read, wrote and spoke, they corrupted the English
language.
There was no authority on the "correct" way to use or spell words
Match the individuals - (correct answer)Political Leader= Cromwell
Philosopher= Adam Smith
Lexicographer= Samuel Johnson
Diarist= Samuel Pepys
Which lines in the poem illustrate that death's power is an illusion? - (correct answer)For
rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more
must flow
One short sleep past, we wake eternally And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt
die
