Study guide: First Semester – Answer these questions ON A
SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER ~ Thanks 
The Restoration (pages 412 – 425) - Know the following:
1. What years did the Restoration span?
2. What were the two reasons that people from England and Europe came to North
America?
3. What four other labels has this time period been known as?
4. Define ‘neoclassical”
5. Why were labels like “Age of Reason” and the “Enlightenment” coined for this
time period?
6. What questions did people begin to ask during the Enlightenment? How did this
shape the feelings and belief systems of society?
7. What idea of the universe was Deism based on?
8. Which two notable writers were famous satirists during this time? What were
their attitudes toward society?
9. In what two formats were novels of the mid-eighteenth century frequently told?
10. What are the “haves” and the “have nots” refer to?
A Modest Proposal & “Top of the Food Chain” (pages 427 – 442)
11. Jonathan Swift was a famous ___________ who is most famous for writing
__________ & ______________
12. Define logical appeal
13. Define Emotional appeal
14. Define ethical appeal
15. Define satire and state its main purpose
16. List five techniques that are used in satire
17. What does Modest Proposal satirize?
18. List unseen problems and any personal motive (or lack thereof) to the speaker’s
proposal
19. What does “Top of the Food Chain” satirize? To whom does the speaker talk to in
this text?
20. What do these two texts have in common? What is different?
Vocabulary and terms:
Sustenance
Glutted
Deference
Scrupulous
Censure
Expedient
Digressed
Procure
brevity
animosities
Candide
Vocabulary & terms
Endowed
Candor
Pensive
Vivacity
Consternation
prodigy
clemency
hyperbole
warped logic
outlandish situation
incongruity
deadpan understatement
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
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Define parody and its goal
What does Don Quixote parody?
Know basic facts about Miguel de Cervantes’ life (page 474)
Define the difference between satire and parody
Describe the code of conduct Don Quixote follows and why
Describe why Sancho Panza is a foil
Vocabulary and Terms
Succor
Enmity
Victuals
Vigil
Flaccid
Disposition
Quixotic
Incongruity