This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Puritan > Puritan Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Puritan Literature Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Puritans viewed God as a ..... so they were intolerant of sin. A) Harsh judge. B) Friend. C) Mighty warrior. D) Humble servant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harsh judge. 2. A clear purpose is the highest goal. Uses ordinary words and objects to make a simple, direct statement. A) Myth. B) Parallelism. C) Plain style. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plain style. 3. Comply with rules, standards, or laws A) Theocracy. B) Hysteria. C) Paranoia. D) Conform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conform. 4. Education was important because once educated, Puritans could read ..... A) Plays. B) Fiction. C) Magazines. D) Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bible. 5. The attitude created by an author is also known as A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 6. This character dies on the night a letter A is seen in the sky. A) Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Governor Winthrop. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) Rev. Blackstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governor Winthrop. 7. To calm A) Provoked. B) Succor. C) Appease. D) Recompense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appease. 8. First governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony A) William Bradford. B) Anne Bradstreet. C) Jonathan Edwards. D) George Gordon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Bradford. 9. Why is textual evidence needed? A) To add length to a written response. B) To state a reader's inference about a text. C) To cite the location of a quote. D) To support an inference or idea about a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To support an inference or idea about a text. 10. If someone does not have the same beliefs as you do, what do you do? A) Publically judge and shame them. B) Attempt to change their beliefs to mine. C) Silently judge them, but keep it to myself. D) Respect their beliefs and let them believe what they want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Publically judge and shame them. 11. In the World on the Turtle's Back, the arrows that the man brings to the girl represent A) The twins that are born. B) Ocean waves. C) Fish and birds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The twins that are born. 12. When an author refers to something well known outside of the text, such as a biblical story or an historical figure, he or she is making use of ..... A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Inversion. D) Confusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. In Coyote and Buffalo, what does this myth explain? A) How the world was created. B) Why Coyote and Buffalo are mortal enemies. C) Why there are no Buffalo in the region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why there are no Buffalo in the region. 14. Who was the first American poet? A) Bradford. B) Bradstreet. C) Edwards. D) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bradstreet. 15. In The World on the Turtle's back, why does the man go to the Great Tree at the beginning of the myth? A) His wife wants some flowers. B) He wants to make his wife happy. C) The tree has been growing forever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to make his wife happy. 16. The Puritans believed that your after life is chosen before your birth. This idea is called A) Predetermination. B) Predestination. C) Pre-afterlife. D) Prealtercation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predestination. 17. This character lives with the physical and spiritual anguish of hidden guilt. A) Hester Prynne. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) Rev. Wilson. D) Arthur Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthur Dimmesdale. 18. The primary emotional appeal used by Edwards in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is A) Appeal to fear. B) Appeal to pity. C) Appeal to vanity. D) Appeal to logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to fear. 19. The first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. Author of "The Author to Her Book." A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Edward Taylor. C) Jonathan Edwards. D) Arthur Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anne Bradstreet. 20. For what does Bradstreet pray the heavens will reward her husband in "To My Dear and Loving Husband" ? A) His Love. B) His Honesty. C) His Gold. D) His Good Looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His Love. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books