Puritan Literature Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. A claim is .....

Correct Answer: C) An inference a reader makes about a text.

2. ..... is one of the first settlements in America.

Correct Answer: B) Jamestown, Virginia.

3. What is reflected in Puritan literature?

Correct Answer: A) Devotion to God.

4. Who was the intended audience for the "Declaration of Independence" ?

Correct Answer: C) Other world leaders.

5. Health; physical condition

Correct Answer: D) Constitution.

6. Toward the end of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, " Edwards's tone shifts from

Correct Answer: C) Frightening to hopeful.

7. What is the meaning of "industriousness" ?

Correct Answer: B) Hard-working.

8. What did Jonathan Edwards write?

Correct Answer: B) Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

9. Suspicion and mistrust of people or their actions without evidence

Correct Answer: C) Paranoia.

10. Abhor

Correct Answer: B) To regard with disgust/hate.

11. Adj. unthinkable

Correct Answer: A) Inconceivable.

12. Which of the choices listed is the best example of an everyday object in Puritan Plain style?

Correct Answer: B) A spinning wheel.

13. According to H.L. Mencken, "a Puritan is one who suspects that 'somewhere someone is having a ..... "'

Correct Answer: B) Good time.

14. Aid; help

Correct Answer: A) Succor.

15. Free time

Correct Answer: C) Leisure.

16. According to Act I, what are the names of the two young girls currently under the influence of witchcraft?

Correct Answer: C) Ruth and Betty.

17. In Act I, which character appears to be the most manipulative?

Correct Answer: C) Abigail Williams.

18. If you don't like someone, what do you do?

Correct Answer: A) Accuse them of something to get them in trouble, even if it's false.

19. To leave out; fail to include

Correct Answer: C) Omit.

20. The "First Encounter" is the name the colonists gave to their first experience with

Correct Answer: B) Native Americans.