Puritan Literature Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which person is considered America's first poet?

Correct Answer: B) Anne Bradstreet.

2. Which of the following could be considered an abolitionist?

Correct Answer: D) Olaudah Equiano.

3. Which of the following was NOT a theme found in Puritan literature?

Correct Answer: C) Relaxation.

4. "arrow ..... made drunk with your blood"

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

5. In "Of the Plymouth Plantation, " what were the major causes of loss of life?

Correct Answer: D) Disease, weather and starvation.

6. The best synonym for "abhors" is:

Correct Answer: B) Despises.

7. What contrasting images does Edwards use to describe God's wrath?

Correct Answer: D) Fire and water.

8. What is the name of the contract that outlined how the Puritans would govern?

Correct Answer: C) The Mayflower contract.

9. The Puritans tried to live an .....

Correct Answer: D) Exemplary life.

10. This character tosses burrs at the letter A.

Correct Answer: A) Pearl.

11. Comparing two unlike things using words such as like, as, than, resembles .....

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

12. " ..... hell opens its mouth wide to receive them ..... " What type of figurative language is the portion in blue?

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

13. This English-speaking Indian introduced Squanto to the Pilgrims:

Correct Answer: B) Samoset.

14. A colonial American poet, pastor, and physician. Author of "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly."

Correct Answer: A) Edward Taylor.

15. What did the Puritans call those that were chosen for heaven?

Correct Answer: B) Elect.

16. The repetition of a grammatical structure.

Correct Answer: B) Parallelism.

17. Which were forbidden in Puritan life?

Correct Answer: A) Dancing, holidays, plays, fiction.

18. William Bradford served as ..... for the Plymouth Colony.

Correct Answer: C) Governor.

19. A general truth or observation about life; often witty and wise

Correct Answer: B) Aphorism.

20. What was a separatist?

Correct Answer: B) Someone who wanted to break away from the Church of England.