Puritan Literature Quiz 11 (20 MCQs)

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1. In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, " when Edwards says that "men are held in the hand of God, " he means that

Correct Answer: C) The fate of human beings is determined by God.

2. What did the colonists do first when they arrived in North America?

Correct Answer: B) Fell on their knees and blessed God.

3. A question asked only for effect; expects no answer.

Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical.

4. Edwards emphasizes that destruction can come at any moment in order to

Correct Answer: A) Create a sense of urgency and fear so unbelievers repent.

5. The majority of his works were not published until roughly 200 years after he died.

Correct Answer: D) Taylor.

6. What is your work to fun ratio?

Correct Answer: A) All work, no fun.

7. Church attendence was

Correct Answer: C) Manditory.

8. Education was stressed for ..... Puritans.

Correct Answer: A) All.

9. In Upon the Burning of Our House, the speaker most closely associates the afterlife with

Correct Answer: C) A richly furnished, fireproof house.

10. What is your preferred form of government?

Correct Answer: A) Theocracy.

11. When Bradstreet refers to a "mighty Architect, " whom is she referring to?

Correct Answer: C) God.

12. Puritans separated from the church of .....

Correct Answer: A) England.

13. Why did Abigail accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft?

Correct Answer: B) She wants John to herself.

14. In Olaudah Equiano's narrative, why did Equiano spend most of this time on deck instead of below deck?

Correct Answer: A) He was too weak to survive below deck.

15. What was the name of the book of Anne Bradstreet's poems?

Correct Answer: C) "The Tenth Muse".

16. Edwards presents God as a being who

Correct Answer: A) Is often angry and vengeful.

17. 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

Correct Answer: B) Use simple common words.

18. The repeated use of any element of language, including imagery, sentence structure, transitions, and words.

Correct Answer: C) Repetition.

19. Wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation"

Correct Answer: C) William Bradford.

20. In The World on the Turtle's back, the Great Tree is important in the Iroquois' creation myth because the tree's roots

Correct Answer: A) Provide the earth's plants.