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English Test - A Turbulent Time

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Addison
From The Aim of The Spector
Johnson
Dictionary of the English Language
Defoe
A Journal of the Plague Year
Pope
"The Rape of the Lock"
Swift
Gulliver's Travels
Johnson
"On Spring"
Grey
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Pepys
Excerpt from The Diary
Boswell
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Pope
From An Essay on Man
Essay on Man
"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man."
The Life of Samuel Johnson
"Such was Samuel Johnson , a man whose talents, acquirements, and virtues were so extraordinary, that he more his character is considered the more he will be regarded by the present age, and by posterity, with admiration and reverence."
Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
" Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
On Spring
"...and to remember, that a blighted spring makes a barren year, and that the vernal flowers, however beautiful and gay, are only intended by nature as preparatives to autumnal fruits."
The Aim of the Spectator
"There is another set of men that I must likewise lay a claim to, whom I have lately called the blanks of society,..."
Journal of the Plague Year
"...if you will venture upon that score, name of God go in; for, depend upon it, it will be a sermon to you, it may be, the best that ever you heard in your life."
Gulliver's Travels
"...yet he would rather lose his kingdom than be privy to such a secret, which he commanded me, as I valued my life, never to mention to anyone."
Rape of a Lock
"When those fair suns shall set, as set they must,
And all those tresses shall be laid in dust,
This lock, the Muse shall consecrate to fame,
And midst the stars inscribe Belinda's name."
Dictionary
Writings that lists and defines words and usually provides information about their pronunciation, history, and usage.
Biography
A story that tells the life story of someone other than the writer.
Mock Epic
A long, humorous narrative poem that treats a trivial subject in the grand, elevated style of a true epic such as Paradise Lost. It applies standard elements of an epic: descriptions heroic actions and the participation of the gods/goddesses in human affairs.
Diary
A daily account of a writer's experiences and reactions.
Satire
Writings that uses wit and humor to expose and ridicule human vice and folly to try to bring about change; can be light and good-humored or bitter and unsparing.
Essay
A short, non-fiction work about a particular subject, written in prose that explores a topic as of the author were letting you overhear his/her thoughts; may be formal or informal.
Elegy
A serious, solemn work that mourns someone's death or reflects a serious theme.
The fire ended the plague because it burned through the section of the poorest parts of London, and this was the most infected place of infestation of rat and fleas and the most infections were prevalent around the docks. The rats came from the ships that docked there. The ships came from other countries that had the plague then through the fleas on the rats the were on the ships came out and infected people near the docks. The fire was burning too quickly, and the houses were built on top of each other that were made of flammable materials. There were warehouses with flammable material such as oils and cottons that were very combustible. They tried tearing down the house but the fire was moving so quickly that it got to the house before they could tear them down. Every day the dead cart would come by and say, "bring out your dead", and ring the bell then the people had to bring the dead and lay them outside and then leave them there, the person with the dead cart would pick them up and put then on the cart then take them to a mass grave which was a huge ditch and dump them in there. There were no coffins because they couldn't make coffins fast enough. When the bodies reached within 6ft of the pit the would fill it in. Fresh dirt was thrown on the bodies every night to try to decrease the spread of the plague.
What is the connection between the Bubonic Plague in London and the Great Fire of London? Why couldn't the people in London fight the fire effectively? How were the bodies of plague victims gathered and buried? Why?
The Big Enders & Little Enders compared to Catholics & Protestants. An emphasis on education or perhaps too much education and civilized behavior vs. uncivilized behavior. History rewritten to make some of the most horrible people who were very successful by using horrible methods look like heroes because their methods were buried in history. The social conventions mad fun of and the whole political system of England (the way it was governed) and the laws that were made and the taxes.
What are three political/social situations in the author's current-day England that the satirizes in Gulliver's Travels?
A Mock Epic based on an actual event in Englands society. A young man of a very prominent man of society clipped the lock of hair of another very prominent lady of society and it resulted in a feud between the two families. Alexander Pope was hoping to show people how ridiculous this was by writing this mock epic about his lock of hair being cut. The villain cuts a lock of hair from the heroine. The villain is the Barren and the heroine is Belinda. He satirizes the social rules of society. He believes they spend all their time on things that are not important. They attach importance to trivial and ridiculous things and the rules of society have gone too far. He just believes the situation of society is just ridiculous.
What does the writer satirize in "The Rape of the Lock"? Who is the heroine? Who is the villain? What does the villain do to the heroine? Upon what does he base the poem? What type of poem is "The Rape of the Lock"?
The middle state of man is that man is on earth and is less than a god, but more than a beast. He is on this isthmus of a middle place.
1. Darkly wise but rudely great.
2. Too much knowledge but too much weakness.
3. Is he a god or a beast.

(There are a bunch of these in the story...I have a picture of them if you would like to see the others...I just chose the first 3)
What is the "middle state" of man according to Essay on Man? Give three examples of the conflicts man finds himself having.
He said buried in the simple country churchyard would be simple crudely done markers, maybe the words are even misspelled on their headstones. Might have been the next brilliant artist, writers, or philosophers of the next generation, but because these people were born into circumstances that were beyond their control through those circumstances they did not have the money or the education to achieve their potential. They need went farther than just a simple country peasant. He believe these people were happy and that their lives were full lives and that those who had the advantages should not look down on those who do not. The epitaph is for the writer himself/the speaker. (Last part is opinion)
In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," what does the writer say about the lives people might have led? What may be the reasons that people were not able to live those lives? Who is the epitaph for? Does the writer seem to find peace at the end of the poem? Why? Or why not?
If they go out into nature and unplug, forget everything else that is going on in your life and just notice nature in the moment and live and be present in the moment. Notice the sounds, smells, and sights in Nature. He always looks forward to the next spring. The man who looks for all the answers to come in spring he gives it a chance to summer then he starts looking forward to the next spring. The optimistic man is never without hope. If he is in the middle of a spring, he believes that spring will bring him what he needs and if it doesn't then the next spring will. A person who is unwilling to let go of all the thoughts surrounding his life or have never been taught how to are the people that do not find hope and encouragement from nature. Someone who is mourning the loss of someone or someone who is in fear of what is to come might cause someone to be unable to find peace in a walk-through nature. His advice to young people is to make the most of your spring to always hope. A young persons spring is preparing him for their autumn.
In "On Spring," how does the writer say that people take their minds off their troubles? What does the optimistic man do when spring disappoints him? What type of person does NOT find hope and encouragement from nature? What two exceptions does the writer make for those who cannot find peace through a walk in nature? What is the writer's advice to young people? What does he ay a young person's "spring" is preparing him/her for?
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