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| Francis Bacon was the contemporary of who | William Shakespeare |
| Who is the third best essayist of England? | Francis Bacon |
| This essay is addressed to kings and princes | "Of Ambition" |
| Who Francis Bacon is believed to have written for | William Shakespeare |
| Does not use any examples | "Of Ambition" |
| (Francis Bacon) The quality a state does not want in its ministers | The desire to rise |
| (Francis Bacon) On certain occasion, ambitious men can be used to- | Protect the king |
| Style of Francis Bacon | Modern English |
| (Francis Bacon) Good way to deal with ambitious men is to keep them guessing between- | Favors and punishment |
| Julius Caesar feared the ambition of- | Cassius |
| (Francis Bacon) Commanders in war can be- | Ambitious |
| (Francis Bacon) Employing an ambitious man requires being able to figure out- | Little promotions, raises, and job title changes |
| People who believe Shakespeare was a fraud | Oxfordians |
| First essayist in Europe | Montaigne |
| First essayist in Britain | Francis Bacon |
| Taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others | Shadenfreude |
| A highway robber | Highwayman |
| An unimportant person | Cipher |
| Stitched together | Seeled |
| A person of great or varied learning | Polymath |
| Irritable, angry, ambitious | Choleric |
| Four types of English literature | Drama, poetry, non-fiction, fiction |
| Someone who is of the same era | Contemporary |
| A person who knows much about everything | Renaissance Man |
| A person who robs corpses out of graves | Resurrection Man |
| The taking of the soul to heaven | Resurrection |
| Audience of "Of Ambition" | Kings and princes |
| Why "Of Ambition" is weird | Has a very small audience |
| Not being at the top- | Keeps you down |
| People who want the opportunity to do good | Good men |
| Type of person a leader wants | A non-ambitious person |
| Why not to have ambitious men | They might want to overthrow you |
| People who believe Shakespeare wrote his plays | Stratfordians |
| Books of Montaigne | Essais |
| Definition of essais | Attempts |
| Two types of essays | Formal and Familiar |
| "Of Ambition" is a - essay | Formal |
| Century Samuel Pepys lived in | 17th Century |
| What there is a lack of in the writing of Pepys | Emotion |
| Reason Pepys' writing contains no archaic spellings | Diary written shorthand, translaters would not use archaic spellings |
| Position Samuel Pepys rose to | Secretary of the Navy |
| What happened on Coronation Day 1661 | Charles II was crowned |
| Location of Samuel Pepys from 4-11 am on Coronation Day | On a scaffold in Westminster Abbey |
| Diaries are no considered literature as they are written without- | a known audience |
| What people were putting their belongings and goods into during the great fire | Lighters |
| Definition of lighters | Barges |
| What Pepys writes in his two diary selections | Narration |
| Where Pepys lived | London |
| Common error of Pepys' diary | Sentence Fragments |
| Characteristic of Pepys' sentences | They are long |
| Short sentences are- | Thoughtful |
| Long sentences are- | Emotional |
| Why Pepys wrote his diary in shorthand and code | To keep his wife from reading it |
| The more educated of Addison and Steele | Addison |
| The more notorious of Addison and Steele | Steele |
| Fame for the wrong reasons | Notoriety |
| Something that contradicts itself | Paradox |
| Addison and Steele created the- | Periodical Essay |
| "The Funeral of Thomas Betterton" is known today as a(n)- | Appreciation |
| Must compare subject to something- | More familiar to the reader |
| Profession of Thomas Betterton | Famous Shakespearian Actor |
| Strongly justified by Steele | The Theater |
| Putative author of the first paragraph of "The Cries of London" | The Spectator |
| Seeker of the Comptroller of the London Cries | Ralph Crochet |
| The calls of street vendors | The London Cries |
| Division of the London Cries | Vocal and Instrumental |
| Saying one thing, usually positive, but meaning another, usually negative | Verbal Irony |
| The little tricks that life plays on you | Situational Irony |
| Literary elements of the idea of the vendors of card matches being called "musicians". | Metaphor and Irony |
| Literary element of Ralph Crochet's name | Pun |
| "The Cries of London" is satire of- | Projectors |
| Relationship of Addison and Steele | Friends until the end, during which they quarreled |
| The most famous literary collaboration in history | Addison and Steele |
| Problem with a collaboration | Possibly only one actual writer |
| Reasons for wearing wigs | Baldness, head lice |
| How they made wigs | Got hair from the corpses of dead bodies |
| Education of Addison and Steele | Schoolmates, both attended Oxford, both graduated |
| Writing of Addison and Steele | Wrote newspapers/essays |
| Writer of "The Funeral of Thomas Betterton" | Steele |
| Writer of "The Spectator" | Addison |
| The last half of the 18th century | Age of Johnson |
| Reason for Samuel Johnson being known as Dr. Johnson | Had honorary degrees |
| Johnson's novel, Rasselas, is a | Potboiler |
| a piece of literature that is only written for money | Potboiler |
| The concept introduced into the writing of Johnson | Truth |
| Reason why Lord Chesterfield wrote the letters of praise to Johnson | He wanted the dictionary dedicated to him |
| Tone of Johnson's letter to Lord Chesterfield | Sarcastic |
| The most powerful word in Johnson's letter | Repulsive |
| The opening phrase of Johnson's letter ("My Lord") | Salutation |
| The figure of speech used by Johnson that repeats the word "one" | Anaphora |
| The ending of Johnson's letter ("Your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant") | Complimentary Close |
| What the chief glory of any country resides in (according to Johnson) | Authors |
| The number of entries in Johnson's dictionary | 43,000 |
| Important aspect of language demonstrated by Johnson | Language is fluid, not static |
| A collection of flowers | Anthology |
| Why Johnson's definition of patron is flawed | It contains a bitter opinion |
| Why Johnson's definition of smoke is flawed | It defines a term with words more complex than the word itself |
| A person who achieves the age of 60 | Sexagenarian |
| Author who was not broad and only wrote letters | Samuel Johnson |
| Other authors from the Age of Johnson | Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson |
| Aspect of Johnson's biographies | Very critical |
| Types of writing done by Johnson | Playwriting, newspaper editing, literary critiquing, biographical writing |
| Author that literary geniuses came to talk and listen to | Samuel Johnson |
| Lesson learned from Johnson | Never stop, never give up |
| Medical disabilities of Johnson | Goute, overweight |
| What Johnson needed for his writing | A patron |
| Why Johnson said no to Lord Chesterfield's dedication | He asked for a patron years before, Chesterfield said no |
| First major piece of work by Johnson | Dictionary |
| Flaw of Johnson | Ego |
| What the introduction should be about | Dictionary |
| An assembly of good fellow, meeting under certain conditions | Club |
| Fancy; the power of forming ideal pictures; the power of representing things absent to one's self or others | Imagination |
| Benevolent; filled with general good-will | Kind |
| A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words | Lexicographer |
| Human being | Man |
| An imaginary being supposed to preside over the material and animal world | Nature |
| A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people | Oats |
| The knee of a horse | Pastern |
| One who countenances, supports, or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery | Patron |
| An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent | Pension |
| Mint eminently hot | Peppermint |
| Idle; lazy; sluggish; inactive; indolent; dull of motion | Slothful |
| The visible effluvium, or sooty exhalation from anything burning | Smoke |
| Emission of wind audibly by the nose | Sneeze |
| The powers of the mind; the mental faculties; the intellects | Wit |
| To gape; to oscitate; to have the mouth opened involuntarily by fumes, as in sleepiness | Yawn |
| The part of life succeeding to childhood and adolescence; the time from fourteen to twenty-eight | Youth |
| Great work of James Boswell | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Another way to say "great work" | Magnum opus |
| What The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell is considered to be | The greatest literary biography ever written |
| James Boswell was a- | Scot |
| The most famous Boz in literature | Charles Dickens |
| The most ridiculous question asked by Boswell in his work | If you were locked in a tower with a baby, what would you do? |
| Word length of Boswell's biography | 500,000 |
| Nickname of Johnson before he met Boswell | Dictionary |
| What Johnson did with the scraped orange sections from the Club | Pocketed them |
| A poem or work of praise | Panegyric |
| Johnson said, "If a man professes to write a life, he must represent it-" | "-as he sees it." |
| The stance Johnson took on Americans at Dr. Percy's | Attacked them |
| The successful approach by both Johnson and Boswell to biography writing | Objectivity |
| How long Boswell followed Johnson around | 21 years |
| Island off the coast of Italy (not Sicily) | Corcica |
| Someone who gives his/her name to a language | Eponym |
| Type of task writing the biography was | Arguous |
| Biographies/autobiographies can be creative but perhaps- | Dishonest |
| Outcome of Johnson's autobiographies | Burned before he died |
| What Boswell did upon meeting Johnson | Messed up his first impression |
| Silly writer | Charles Lamb |
| Long friends/writers | Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt |
| Happiness is a- | choice, not a right |
| Master of familiar essay | Charles Lamb |
| Had a tragic life, although he was cheerful | Charles Lamb |
| Purpose of "On Dissertation of Roast Pig" | Entertainment |
| What Hazlitt never explains in "Education of Women" | Why men should learn a dead language |
| Confusion over "Education of women" | Serious or satirical |
| Problem with Hazlitt claims | Claims, but no evidence |
| Problem with Hazlitt's opinions | They are unsupported |
| Important aspect of Hazlitt's writing | very opinionated |
| Famous last words of William Hazlitt | "Well, I've had a happy life" |
| Outbursts of anger | Irascible |
| Sour/bitter | Acerbic |
| Not described by Hazlitt, but means lack of self-esteem | Smug |
