Puritan Literature Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where did the Puritans settle?
2. Having unlimited power, able to do anything
3. To what does Paine compare the British government?
4. What was the "thund'ring noise" that woke Bradstreet up?
5. Who wrote "Huswifery? "
6. What did Puritans believe about Native Americans?
7. To which chief emotion does Edwards appeal in the following passage of the sermon? How awful is it to be left behind at such a day! To see so many others feasting, while you are pining and perishing.
8. V. stirred up; made angry; enraged
9. In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, " when Edwards says that "men are held in the hand of God, " he means that
10. What did the colonists do first when they arrived in North America?
11. A question asked only for effect; expects no answer.
12. Edwards emphasizes that destruction can come at any moment in order to
13. The majority of his works were not published until roughly 200 years after he died.
14. What is your work to fun ratio?
15. Church attendence was
16. Education was stressed for ..... Puritans.
17. In Upon the Burning of Our House, the speaker most closely associates the afterlife with
18. What is your preferred form of government?
19. When Bradstreet refers to a "mighty Architect, " whom is she referring to?
20. Puritans separated from the church of .....
21. Why did Abigail accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft?
22. In Olaudah Equiano's narrative, why did Equiano spend most of this time on deck instead of below deck?
23. What was the name of the book of Anne Bradstreet's poems?
24. Edwards presents God as a being who
25. The lines "If ever two were one, then surely we. / If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee" illustrate the Puritan Plain Style because they
26. The repeated use of any element of language, including imagery, sentence structure, transitions, and words.
27. Wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation"
28. In The World on the Turtle's back, the Great Tree is important in the Iroquois' creation myth because the tree's roots
29. People who wanted to purify, or change the Church of England were called
30. What does Franklin decide to track and monitor?
31. If the events in the beginning of the first Act had happened yesterday, which text would Abigail have sent to the other girls in the forest?
32. A system of government in which priests/ministers rules in the name of God
33. She is not upset about the fire destroying everything, because .....
34. Useful things; products
35. Give an example of being self reliant.
36. What type of government did the Puritans have in America?
37. In Olaudah Equiano's narrative, Equiano includes the story of a white man beaten to death because it explains
38. In "Upon the Burning of Our House, " who is the "mighty Architect" ?
39. When Bradstreet talks about the "Architect, " who is she actually talking about?
40. Which of the following lines is an example inversion?
41. What two pieces of information are needed for an MLA parenthetical citation?
42. How does the wife in "To My Dear ..... Husband" want her husband rewarded for his love of her?
43. A group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England and simplify and regulate forms of worship.
44. Characteristic of Puritan "Plain Style"
45. Edwards's vivid descriptions of Hell are meant to
46. Puritans separated from the .....
47. In Bradstreet's "Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th 1666" (p. 140-1), the first thing Bradstreet did upon realizing her home was on fire was .....
48. In Act I, we learn that Thomas Putnam and Giles Corey have argued over ..... in the past.
49. Which person is considered America's first poet?
50. Which of the following could be considered an abolitionist?
51. Which of the following was NOT a theme found in Puritan literature?
52. "arrow ..... made drunk with your blood"
53. In "Of the Plymouth Plantation, " what were the major causes of loss of life?
54. The best synonym for "abhors" is:
55. What contrasting images does Edwards use to describe God's wrath?
56. What is the name of the contract that outlined how the Puritans would govern?
57. The Puritans tried to live an .....
58. This character tosses burrs at the letter A.
59. Comparing two unlike things using words such as like, as, than, resembles .....
60. " ..... hell opens its mouth wide to receive them ..... " What type of figurative language is the portion in blue?