This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Puritan > Puritan Literature – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Puritan Literature Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Puritans favored this type of writing. A) Figurative. B) Imaginative. C) Relating to nature. D) Plain Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain Style. 2. At the end of the sermon, Edwards' tone shifts from: A) Threatening to thoughtful. B) Angry to excited. C) Threatening to motivating. D) His tone is unchanged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Threatening to motivating. 3. Why did the Puriatns leave England? A) They wanted a fresh start. B) They were searching for riches. C) They were facing religious persecution. D) They were hoping to find a home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were facing religious persecution. 4. In what year does the Salem Witch Trials take place? A) 1692. B) 1960. C) 1843. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1692. 5. Caught in; to be involved in something that will be difficult to escape A) Entangled. B) Affirmed. C) Comprised. D) Resolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entangled. 6. Which of the following is NOT an example of puritan literature? A) Letters. B) Journals. C) Sermons. D) Romance stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romance stories. 7. What is the basic way in which Edwards tries to move his listeners in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" ? A) With stories of salvation. B) With images of hell. C) With descriptions of spiders. D) With cries for them to flee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With images of hell. 8. "God's wrath is like damned waters ..... " A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. The speaker of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" addresses which of the following? A) Her husband. B) Herself. C) The Puritan leadership council. D) The Lord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her husband. 10. Came to the Americas on the Mayflower A) William Bradford. B) Anne Bradstreet. C) Jonathan Edwards. D) George Gordon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Bradford. 11. Who says, "I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you" ? A) Abigail. B) Mary Warren. C) Elizabeth Proctor. D) John Proctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abigail. 12. ChoiceSalem witch trials A) Harvard college. B) Columbus. C) Great Awakening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Columbus. 13. Where did the Puritans settle? A) Charlestown. B) Jamestown. C) Massachusetts Bay. D) Pennsylvania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massachusetts Bay. 14. Having unlimited power, able to do anything A) Predestination. B) Theology. C) Theocracy. D) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnipotent. 15. To what does Paine compare the British government? A) A thief breaking into your home. B) A rat gnawing at a bone. C) A fish lost in the sea. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thief breaking into your home. 16. What was the "thund'ring noise" that woke Bradstreet up? A) The burning of her home. B) A clap of lightning. C) The drums of English soldiers. D) A raging river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The burning of her home. 17. Who wrote "Huswifery? " A) George Gordon. B) Jonathan Edwards. C) Edward Taylor. D) William Bradford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward Taylor. 18. What did Puritans believe about Native Americans? A) They were associated with the Devil. B) They were primitive, but harmless. C) They should be slaughtered. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were associated with the Devil. 19. 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. A) Grief. B) Envy. C) Sympathy. D) Joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Envy. 20. V. stirred up; made angry; enraged A) Righteousness. B) Congregation. C) Provoked. D) Uphold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Provoked. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesPuritan Literature Quiz 1Puritan Literature Quiz 2Puritan Literature Quiz 3Puritan Literature Quiz 4Puritan Literature Quiz 5Puritan Literature Quiz 6Puritan Literature Quiz 7Puritan Literature Quiz 8Puritan Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books