Question

Match the description to the term.

Answer 1

1. Swift's criticism of the unfair devaluation of Irish coins is the subject of Drapier's Letters -a series of seven pamphlets published between 1724 and 1725 in Dublin.

2. Tory Party is Swift, Johnson, and Goldsmith's political party -officially called Conservative and Unionist Party.

3. Destruction of village life is the subject of The Deserted Village -poem published in 1770 by Oliver Goldsmith.

4. Gullliver's Travels is a political satire -written by Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift.

5. The appropriate audience for all literature, according to Johnson, is the common man -Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784.

6. The growing of British Empire is one of the most important political events of second half of the 18th century -it comprised dominions, colonies, protectorates and further territories adminitered by the United Kingdom.

7. A Dictionary of the English Language was published by Johnson -sometimes mentioned as Johnson's Dictionary.

8. The Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Oliver Goldsmith -written between 1761 and 1762, and published 4 years later.

9. A simile is a comparison using like or as -so it is an explicit comparison.

Answer 2

1. Swift's criticism of the unfair devaluation of Irish coins are the subject of Drapier's Letters.

2. Tory Party is Swift, Johnson and goldsmith's political party.

3. The destruction of village life is the subject of The Deserted Village.

4. Gulliver's Travel's is a political satire.

5. The appropriate audience for all literature, according to Johnson is the common man.

6. The growing of the British Empire is among the political events of second half of the 18th century.

7. A Dictionary of the English Language was published by Johnson.

8. The Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Goldsmith.

9. Simile is a comparison using like or as.