3rd Nine Week Benchmark Study Guide

The Restoration Period was marked by the return of __________ to the English throne.

• Charles II

• James II

• Charles I

• William III

This period saw a revival of monarchy and an increased emphasis on __________ and scientific thought.

• reason

• aristocracy

• feudalism

• capitalism

__________ emerged as censorship eased, leading to the rise of newspapers and periodicals like __________.

• Journalism, The Tatler

• the Renaissance, The Times Enterprice

• the Industrial Revolution, Gulliver's Travels

• Modernity, The Tatler

The first English novel, __________, was published by Daniel Defoe.

• Robinson Crusoe

• Gulliver's Travels

• Don Quixote

• Pride and Prejudice

__________ is a literary device that seeks to improve individuals or __________ by ridiculing flaws and follies.

• satire, society

• metaphor, society

• alliteration, society

• hyperbole, society

__________ is used to expose flaws by stating the opposite of what is meant.

• Irony

• Sarcasm

• Understatement

• Paradox

__________ involves extreme __________ to make a point.

• rhetoric, exaggeration

• exaggeration, simile

• satire, irony

• hyperbole, exaggeration

__________ is when an author imitates another’s technique or style for comic effect.

• parody?

• satire?

• sarcasm?

• irony?

__________ is a satirical novel that critiques human nature and society through fantastical voyages.

• Gulliver's Travels

• Candide

• Animal Farm

• Brave New World

The __________ and their customs symbolize the triviality of human conflicts.

• Lilliputians

• aristocrats

• intellectuals

• revolutionaries