Acuff Jr. Early American Literature

Question 1

A traditional story that serves to explain a belief or natural occurrance

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myth

Question 2

How old was Anne Bradstreet when she got married?

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16

Question 3

Why did the Puritans want to come to the new world?

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To escape persecution

Question 4

What was the age of the youngest person accused of witch craft?

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4

Question 5

In rhetoric, the establishment of credibility and authority

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Ethos

Question 6

In rhetoric, an appeal to reason

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logos

Question 7

What was the most common form of literary expression for Puritans?

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Diaries and Histories

Question 8

Types of literature most common during the early America periods included

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diaries

Question 9

Who provided the first accounts of plants and animals?

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Cabeza de Vaca

Question 10

What specific instance does Ben Franklin use to portray himself in a humorous light?

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Walking down the street with bread under each arm

Question 11

In Anne Bradstreet's poem, she reminds herself (and readers) that

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She should focus on the spiritual

Question 12

The attitude that a writer takes toward a subject, character, or audience

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tone

Question 13

in rhetoric, an appeal to emotion

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pathos

Question 14

Europeans acquired these survival skills from Native Americans EXCEPT for

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how to make firearms

Question 15

The first detailed European observations of North America were recorded by

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explorers

Question 16

Native Americans passed down history and stories from generation to generation through

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oral tradition

Question 17

Which one is NOT a part of the Declaration of Independence?

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Precedence of former laws

Question 18

What disease was especially devastating to the Native American Populations?

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Small Pox

Question 19

Native Americans were eager to acquire these goods from Europeans EXCEPT for

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Crops

Question 20

What is a specific condition of slave ships that Olaudah Equiano describes?

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suicide by jumping overboard

Question 21

What is a reason for what happened in Salem?

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both 1 and 2

Question 22

Jonathan Edwards tone in his sermon can be described as

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fiery

Question 23

In Mary Rowlandson's Captivity narrative, she repeatedly alludes to

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The Bible

Question 24

What style of writing did the Puritans favor?

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Plain

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