This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Puritan > Puritan Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Puritan Literature Quiz 5 (33 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This English-speaking Indian introduced Squanto to the Pilgrims: A) Pocahontas. B) Samoset. C) Massasoit. D) Hobbamok. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samoset. 2. A colonial American poet, pastor, and physician. Author of "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly." A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Jonathan Edwards. C) J.K. Rowling. D) Edward Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Taylor. 3. What did the Puritans call those that were chosen for heaven? A) Lucky. B) Graced. C) Chosen. D) Elect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elect. 4. The repetition of a grammatical structure. A) Metaphor. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 5. Which were forbidden in Puritan life? A) Holidays, quilting, fiction, dancing. B) Harvesting, building, working hard, smiling. C) Plays, feasts, birthdays, holidays. D) Dancing, holidays, plays, fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dancing, holidays, plays, fiction. 6. William Bradford served as ..... for the Plymouth Colony. A) Priest. B) Doctor. C) Governor. D) A captain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Governor. 7. A general truth or observation about life; often witty and wise A) Analogy. B) Aphorism. C) Epistle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 8. What was a separatist? A) Ah Pritan. B) Someone who wanted to break away from the Church of England. C) Someone who wanted to separate church and state. D) Someone who wanted to leave his/her country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who wanted to break away from the Church of England. 9. Jonathan Edwards was a significant person in which major revival movement? A) The Great Depression. B) The Great Awakening. C) The Enlightenment. D) The American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Awakening. 10. What is term used to refer to "the particular people Jesus came to earth to save" ? A) Destined. B) Elect. C) Chosen. D) Special. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elect. 11. Give an example of being industrious. A) Wearing simple clothes. B) Wearing jewelry and makeup. C) Getting up early to work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Getting up early to work. 12. Which date best connects with Mary Rowlandson? A) 1789. B) 1620. C) 1637. D) 1451. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1637. 13. What emotion did Jonathan Edwards want his listeners to feel? A) Happiness. B) Sadness. C) Fear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear. 14. Why does Bradstreet chide her heart? A) She was not focusing on God. B) She missed events that occurred in the house. C) She had longing for earthly materials she had lost. D) All of the answers given. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers given. 15. How hard do you work? A) I work hard, 100% all the time, in all things. B) I usually work hard. C) I only work hard if I feel like it. D) Honestly, I'm pretty lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I work hard, 100% all the time, in all things. 16. Which of the following was not a common type of Puritan literature? A) Historical narratives. B) Journals and diaries. C) Short stories and novels. D) Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short stories and novels. 17. Scoundrel; someone who is dishonest A) Rogue. B) Calamity. C) Commodity. D) Mercy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rogue. 18. The doctrine that only those that are "elected" by God will be saved and go to heaven is called A) Predestination. B) Provocation. C) Predication. D) Premediation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predestination. 19. Whom does the poet address in "Huswifery" ? A) Her husband. B) The Lord. C) A spinning wheel. D) A housewife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lord. 20. The ..... were a group of English Protestants who had sought to "purify" the Church of England and return to a simpler way of worshiping. A) Purists. B) Protestants. C) Catholics. D) Puritans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Puritans. 21. Bradstreet's poem is an example of "Puritan Plain Style." What are the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style? A) Complex sentences. B) Embellished and ornate words. C) Ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements. 22. In the World on the Turtle's Back, the right-handed twin takes control of A) His brother's life. B) All poisonous plants. C) The daylight realm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The daylight realm. 23. How did Anne Bradstreet come to a resolution of her faith? A) Her husband convinced her. B) The Bible. C) God's wondrous works. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God's wondrous works. 24. What "lamentable event" occurs in Of Plymouth Plantation? A) Half of the company dies. B) A young boy falls from the ship and drowns. C) A misunderstanding between Bradford and Samoset causes a war. D) William Bradford dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half of the company dies. 25. What does Anne Bradstreet criticize herself for in her poem? A) Leaving a candle burning. B) Valuing her possessions too much. C) Not saving her child. D) Ignoring her husbands cries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valuing her possessions too much. 26. In general, what did Puritans believe about women? A) Women were inferior to men and inherently evil. B) Women were weak and needed protection. C) All women were witches. D) Women should be educated and well spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Women were inferior to men and inherently evil. 27. Persecuted Puritans first fled to which country? A) Finland. B) Holland. C) Germany. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holland. 28. In "Of Plymouth Plantation, " what season was it when the colonists arrived in the New World? A) Spring. B) Winter. C) Fall. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter. 29. Puritan literature was largely limited to ..... and related works. A) English poetry. B) The Bible. C) American short stories. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bible. 30. Disaster; deep trouble; misery A) Rogue. B) Mercy. C) Calamity. D) Consultation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calamity. 31. Jonathan Edwards was a significant figure in which of the following historical movements? A) The Great Depression. B) The Great Awakening. C) The American Revolution. D) The Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Awakening. 32. Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 33. In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, " Edward's vivid descriptions of Hell are meant to A) Amuse his audience. B) Fascinate his audience. C) Frighten his audience. D) Make his audience feel superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frighten his audience. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesPuritan Literature Quiz 1Puritan Literature Quiz 2Puritan Literature Quiz 3Puritan Literature Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books