Enlightenment and Enlightenment Writers

Who is considered to have written one of the finest elegies in the English language?

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Aphra Behn

• Samuel Pepys

Who wrote 'The Pilgrim's Progress'?

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Aphra Behn

• Samuel Pepys

Who was England's first professional female writer?

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Aphra Behn

• Samuel Pepys

Who wrote 'The Diary'?

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Aphra Behn

• Samuel Pepys

Who is thought to be the greatest prose writer of the eighteenth century and the world's finest satirist?

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Aphra Behn

• Jonathan Swift

Who wrote 'A Modest Proposal'?

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Aphra Behn

• Jonathan Swift

What is the term for a literary work that uses irony, humor, and other techniques to point out problems and criticize the people who are causing them?

• Enlightenment

• Satire

• Divine right

• Nonconformist

Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"?

• Jonathan Swift

• John Bunyan

• John Milton

• None of the above

Who ended up on debtor's prison because the government did not pay them?

• Johnathan Swift

• Herman Melville

• Aphra Behn

• John Bunyan

Who served as a spy for King Charles II

• Aphra Behn

• Samuel Pepys

• John Milton

• John Bunyan