English HOMEWORK

In John Milton's poem, "Lycidas," what occasion forces the speaker of the poem to state the following words: 

          I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, 

          And with forc'd fingers rude

          Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

          Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear

         Compels me to disturb your season due:(3-7)

Question 2 options:

Question 3 (Mandatory) (4 points)

Donne used striking images and the metaphysical conceit, which is an extravagant metaphor which points out an unusual parallel between what are usually highly dissimilar elements. From the poem you read in this class, "Holy Sonnet 10," identify a metaphysical conceit and provide the lines as textual evidence.

Question 3 options:

The Seventeenth century or the Age of revolution was characterized by conflict between which two factions? 

Question 4 options:

What was the Plot Plot of 1605? The importance and power of Parliament. The plot was to assassinate James I, 

Question 5 options:

In Shakespeare's play,  King Lear, who said the following lines:

"Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave/

My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty According to my bond; no more nor less." 

Question 6 options:

Question 7 (Mandatory) (2 points)

A pastoral elegy, is a poem of mourning,  which  represents both the poet and the one he mourns—who is usually also a poet—as shepherds (the Latin word for shepherd is "pastor"). 

Question 7 options:

Thomas More's Utopia takes Plato's  The Republic for a model

Question 8 options:

England was ushered into a Golden Age under the rule of King James I.

Question 9 options:

The rule of Henry VII oversaw a shift from a Medieval landlord and serf agricultural model to a commercial model.

Question 10 options:

Question 11 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Renaissance humanism, particularly the English version of it, emphasized education of the individual, be he courtier or gentleman. But for the English, that education was linked to Christianity. And the individual's role in Christian faith, worship, understanding, and expression, shaped the religious controversies that marked the Tudor era. 

Question 11 options:

The Renaissance, a movement coinciding with the reign of all the Tudors, fostered the power of the English language to promote (or draw upon) a sense of national identity.

Question 12 options:

Shakespeare wrote in only the dramatic form.  

Question 13 options:

Question 14 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Why does King Lear banish his daughter Cordelia from his kingdom?

Question 14 options:

In King Lear, Edgar, Shakespeare portrays another character who pretends to be mad. He does so to use this character's sub-plot as a foil to King Lear's main plot. Who is that character who pretends to be mad?

Question 15 options:

Question 16 (2 points)

What caused the Civil War (1642-1641)? (Read page 1416)

Question 16 options:

During the reign of King Charles II, what major events occurred (read page 1417)?

Question 18 (3 points)

What were some important events that happened during the rule of Henry VII in the Tudor era? Please read page 599 and write the answer in your own words. Please do not copy and paste from the textbook or the internet. 

Question 19 (4 points)

Read page 603 and write in your own words the definition of Utopia according to Thomas More. Please do not copy and paste from the text book or the internet.

In John Milton's poem, "Lycidas," what occasion forces the speaker of the poem to state the following words: 

          I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, 

          And with forc'd fingers rude

          Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

          Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear

         Compels me to disturb your season due:(3-7)

Question 2 options:

Question 3 (Mandatory) (4 points)

Donne used striking images and the metaphysical conceit, which is an extravagant metaphor which points out an unusual parallel between what are usually highly dissimilar elements. From the poem you read in this class, "Holy Sonnet 10," identify a metaphysical conceit and provide the lines as textual evidence.

Question 3 options:

The Seventeenth century or the Age of revolution was characterized by conflict between which two factions? 

Question 4 options:

What was the Plot Plot of 1605? The importance and power of Parliament. The plot was to assassinate James I, 

Question 5 options:

In Shakespeare's play,  King Lear, who said the following lines:

"Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave/

My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty According to my bond; no more nor less." 

Question 6 options:

Question 7 (Mandatory) (2 points)

A pastoral elegy, is a poem of mourning,  which  represents both the poet and the one he mourns—who is usually also a poet—as shepherds (the Latin word for shepherd is "pastor"). 

Question 7 options:

Thomas More's Utopia takes Plato's  The Republic for a model

Question 8 options:

England was ushered into a Golden Age under the rule of King James I.

Question 9 options:

The rule of Henry VII oversaw a shift from a Medieval landlord and serf agricultural model to a commercial model.

Question 10 options:

Question 11 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Renaissance humanism, particularly the English version of it, emphasized education of the individual, be he courtier or gentleman. But for the English, that education was linked to Christianity. And the individual's role in Christian faith, worship, understanding, and expression, shaped the religious controversies that marked the Tudor era. 

Question 11 options:

The Renaissance, a movement coinciding with the reign of all the Tudors, fostered the power of the English language to promote (or draw upon) a sense of national identity.

Question 12 options:

Shakespeare wrote in only the dramatic form.  

Question 13 options:

Question 14 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Why does King Lear banish his daughter Cordelia from his kingdom?

Question 14 options:

In King Lear, Edgar, Shakespeare portrays another character who pretends to be mad. He does so to use this character's sub-plot as a foil to King Lear's main plot. Who is that character who pretends to be mad?

Question 15 options:

Question 16 (2 points)

What caused the Civil War (1642-1641)? (Read page 1416)

Question 16 options:

During the reign of King Charles II, what major events occurred (read page 1417)?

Question 18 (3 points)

What were some important events that happened during the rule of Henry VII in the Tudor era? Please read page 599 and write the answer in your own words. Please do not copy and paste from the textbook or the internet. 

Question 19 (4 points)

Read page 603 and write in your own words the definition of Utopia according to Thomas More. Please do not copy and paste from the text book or the internet.