MTTC English (002) Practice Test Q's and A’S 100% correct.

Francois Rabelais ANSWER- Works were a mix between social satire, licentious comedy, and humanist philosophy, works were banned from the Catholic Church. Major works: "Gargantuan and Pantagreul" Michel de Montaigne ANSWER- Introduction to the essay to Western Culture. Major works: "Essays". Counseled Parliament until 1571, then retired and wrote. Christopher Marlowe ANSWER- English author, most important Elizabethan dramatist prior to Shakespeare, Major works: "Edward II", "Tamburlaine the Great", "Dr. Faustas" and "The Jew of Malta". Passionate protagonists, strength of verse, brilliant plotting. Born in London in 1564, died at age 29 in 1593. Edmund Spenser ANSWER- Great Elizabethan poet, Major works: "The Faerie Queen", "The Shepherdess Calendar", "Astrophel" Miguel de Cervantes ANSWER- Spanish novelist, "Don Quixote" Ben Johnson ANSWER- English letters, 'Valpone"; "Epicine", "The Alchemist", epic poetry, second to Shakespeare Francis Bacon ANSWER- English essayists and philosopher, wrote on science and scientific inquiry, "Instaruratio Magna", "Essays", "New Atlantis", 1600's John Donne ANSWER- Metaphysical poet, "The Holy Sonnets", "The Bait", "To Catch a Falling Star" Jeb-Baptiste Poquelin (Moliere) ANSWER- Greatest playwright of his time, "La Tartuffe", "The Misanthrope", "The School for Wives", new type of comedy, 1622 Samuel Pepys ANSWER- "Diary" published in 1828, 17th century life John Dryden ANSWER- did everything, "The Wild Gallent", ";All For Love", "The Maiden Queen", 1600's, English Types of Paragraphs ANSWER- Narration, Descriptive, Process, Comparing two subjects Post-Hoc Fallacy ANSWER- Cause and Effect, assuming that one thing caused the next thing Literary Devices 2 ANSWER- Allusions, jargon, cliches, slang, sexist language, pretentious (attempt to sound impressive or elegant), euphemisms, doublespeak (deceptive language-politicians, advertising) Figures of Speech ANSWER- Allegory, ambiguity Phonetics ANSWER- Sounds of spoken language, production of speech sounds (vowels and consonants), laboratory techniques Phon