LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who?
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John Milton
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Thomas Otway
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Sir Walter Scott
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John Dryden
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Popular writers of Restoration comedy include John Dryden, George Etherege, and William Congreve. Although Restoration literature is commonly considered to end around 1688, Restoration comedy was written into the 1700s.
Detailed explanation-2: -These are some of the most popular writers of the Restoration era, as well as some of their works: Aphra Behn, John Dryden, John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester, Samuel Pepys, William Wycherly, Margaret Cavendish, and a few others.
Detailed explanation-3: -The restoration court poets: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset; Sir Charles Sedley; Sir George Etherege.
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