True or False. Although the poem “To a Louse” addresses a louse, the poem also addresses people (or at least provides commentary about people) who might be caught up with their own appearance.

According to the biography information presented in our textbook, Burns had written all but a few of his greatest long poems by age 27.

True or False. Robert Burns was a careful craftsman who turned to two earlier traditions for his poetic models: folklore/folk songs and the highly developed literary tradition of poetry written in the Scots dialect.

True or False. We read in our textbook’s article “The Revolution Controversy and the ‘Spirit of the Age’ ” that one response of English citizens to the political uprisings in France was a war of pamphlets.

The period that spans approximately 1785-1830 is known as the __________.

True or False. With a message about sharing a “cup of kindness,” the tone (or “attitude”) within “Auld Lang Syne” differs greatly from the more critical poems “Holy Willie’s Prayer” and “To a Louse.”

In “The Revolution Controversy and the Spirit of the Age,” we read that the Romantic poets expressed “less their spirit than the spirit of the age.”

According to your textbook, auld lang syne means ___________________.

Holy Willie, in his prayer to God, asks God to curse some particular people he is upset with.

Because Burns writes in Scots dialect, his poems can be difficult for us to read.