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1
How did people react to Jonathan Edward's sermon?
The laughed and thought he was crazy
They freaked out and started yelling and moaning and crying
They ignored him, disbelieving what he said
They got scared and were very silent and still
2
Whose brother-in-law published his/her work behind his/her back in 1647?
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
Samuel Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet
3
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
Modes of persuasion
Literary devices
Literary elements
Poetry terms
4
Which religion believes in using BOTH the
Bible
AND the
teachings of the Church
to know God's will?
The Catholic Religion
The Puritan Religion
5
Which of these "facts" about Edward Taylor is NOT true?
He went to Harvard to be a minister
He lived during King Philip's War
He was the first famous Puritan poet
He was very harsh and conservative
6
Which of these was NOT a hard part of Puritan life in America?
Cold winters and starvation
Harsh religious beliefs
Persecution from the government
King Phillip's War
7
Puritans believed all these things about "predestination," EXCEPT...
The "elect" will have a "conversion experience" at some point
People who do good and repent of their sins earn their place in heaven
Human actions don't affect who is saved or not saved by God
God decided who would be saved before the beginning of time
8
How old was Jonathan Edwards when he went to Yale college?
9
13
21
16
9
Which ruler or rulers persecuted the Puritans in England?
Mary, Queen of Scots
King Henry VIII and Queen Anne
Queen Elizabeth and King James
William of Orange
10
What literary device does Bradstreet use here: "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold"?
Couplet
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
11
Which of these did the Puritans NOT want to change?
Eliminate the doctrine of good works
Get rid of most of the church hierarcy
Focus on only scripture and not dogma or tradition
Stop teaching about original sin
12
At the end of "Upon a Spider," how does Edward Taylor say that humans can be saved?
By doing good works
Through God's grace alone
Through prayer
Through baptism and reconciliation
13
What view of God does Edwards show when he talks about the archer and the spider?
God is everywhere at all times
God is all-knowing
God is angry and wrathful
God is loving
14
What is the big conceit in "Upon a Spider"?
The devil's traps are like a spider's web
God is like a spider
The devil is like a stinging wasp
God's power is like a hurricane
15
Why didn't Edward Taylor want his poetry published?
Puritans valued hard work
Puritans valued faith
Puritans valued modesty
Puritans valued temperance
16
In "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly," how was the fly different from the wasp?
The fly struggled harder than the wasp
The fly was more scary and dangerous than the wasp
The fly was larger than the wasp
The fly was more harmless than the wasp
17
When did the "Great Awakening" happen?
1730s
1660s
1740s
1620s
18
Which of these statements is FALSE?
The Puritans settled in Massachusetts and struggled against harsh winters
The Puritans came to America on the Mayflower in 1620
The Puritans fought against the Native Americans in the 1670s
The Puritans believed in eliminating churches and ministers
19
In "God's Determinations," what does the line "It's only Might Almighty this did do" show about God?
He is an angry God
He is a harsh judge
He is awesomely powerful
He saves only a few
20
Why did Puritans dress like this?
Temperance
Love in Marriage
Hard Work
Modesty
21
What does "meter" mean?
two successive rhyming lines
old-fashioned
words that are in a strange order
how many times a "foot" (or rhythm) is repeated in a line of poetry
22
What literary device is Anne Bradstreet using here: "My love is such that rivers cannot quench"?
An Oxymoron
A Metaphor
A Couplet
An Aphorism
23
Which of these is NOT a part of being saved in the Catholic religion?
Repentance
Faith
Fasting
Baptism
24
When Edward Taylor wrote "But nothing-man did throw down all by sin," what Biblical event was he referring to?
Christ's Birth
Creation
Original Sin
The Flood
25
Why was education so important to the Puritans?
So they could invent weapons to win King Philip's War
So they could read and understand the Bible and understand God's will
So they could show the "Old World" that they weren't just stupid farmers
So they could fight the King of England in court
26
How did Puritans view humans, as seen in "God's Determinations" and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Good at glorifying God
In charge of all the earth
Made in the image and likeness of God
Sinful, worthless "nothings"
27
Which of the Puritans whom we studied was born in Connecticut in 1703?
John Winthrop
Edward Taylor
Anne Bradstreet
Jonathan Edwards
28
How is the Catholic view of humans different from the Puritan view?
Catholics believe only the "elect" will go to heaven
Catholics believe we are inherently sinful and corrupt
Catholics believe that Adam made Eve
Catholics believe we are inherently good because we are made in God's image
29
What kind of words are these?
Thee, thy, chide, pelf
Archaic
Inverted Syntax
Multisyllabic
Palindromic
30
What do Puritans think they need to have in order to go to heaven?
Baptism and last rites
Faith in God
Good works and reconciliation
Faith AND a conversion experience
31
Where did Anne Bradstreet live when she came to America?
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rock
Pennsylvania
32
In "God's Determinations" what was the "gem" that God set in "nothing-man"?
Salvation
Soul
Sin
Life
33
Which Puritan poet wrote poems that were BOTH religious AND personal?
Edward Taylor
Anne Bradstreet
Shakespeare
Robert Frost
34
Which of these are NOT Puritan values?
Simplicity and purity
Moderation and hard work
Humility and faith
Fame and world domination
35
Anne shows what Puritan value when she writes, "
The world no longer let me love
, / My hope and treasure lies above"?
Get an Education
Be Pure and Faithful
Don't Be Materialistic
Cherish Individualism
36
How did Anne Bradstreet feel
at first
after her house burned down?
Scared and upset
Nothing--she felt numb
Accepting and forgiving
Confused and angry
37
Which people are in danger of going to Hell, according to Jonathan Edwards?
Those who are "elect"
Those who break the commandments
Those who haven't had their conversion experience yet
Those who fake being good
38
What major historical event did Jonathan Edwards help start?
The Great Awakening
The war of 1812
The French Revolution
The Enlightenment
39
When was Anne Bradstreet born?
1612
1640
1718
1552
40
What poetic device is shown in this line: "This fray seems thus to us"?
Conceit
Internal rhyme
Personification
Hyperbole
41
Which of these terms means "a startling and elaborate metaphor or simile"?
Hyperbole
Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Conceit
42
Which mode of persuasion is Edwards using when he convinces his audience through FEAR?
Pathos
Ethos
Logos
Scariness
43
Which of these is NOT a major metaphor in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Walking in a slippery place
Telling them to flee from God's wrath
An archer with a bow and arrow
A man holding a spider above a fire
44
When did Edward Taylor live?
1662-1703
1711-1788
1620-1654
1642-1729
45
What made Edward Taylor's poetry unique?
It was humorous
It was complicated
It was very religious
It was about daily life
46
What poetic device does "This goes to pot, that not / Nature doth call" use?
Simile
Conceit
Inverted Syntax
Onomatopoeia
47
When Bradstreet writes, "Thou hast
a house
on high erect / Framed by that mighty Architect," What is the "
house
"?
Jail
Her house
God
Heaven
48
What does "sola scriptura" mean?
People should stay humble and not be materialistic
God predestines ONLY a select few people to go to heaven
The Biblre is the ONLY way to know God's will
Due to original sin, humans cannot earn their salvation
49
What does "sola fide" mean?
We can be saved by good works
We are saved by our faith alone
We were saved by Christ's martyrdom
Some people are predestined to Hell
50
What does the wasp symbolize in "Upon a Spider"?
The "elect"
The "unconverted"
God
the devil
51
Which one of these words reflects "iambic" rhythm?
merrily
intervene
topsy
destroy
52
What jobs did Edward Taylor compare to God's work of making the world?
Carpenter, blacksmith, and tailor
Lawyer, judge, and police
Minister, nurse, and firefighter
Teacher, writer, and poet
53
What does the Puritan idea of "Covenant Theology" refer to?
We are saved through our faith alone.
Jesus died to save the "elect," and this is a "covenant" God made with man.
We can earn our way into heaven by doing God's will.
We are all predestined to heaven or hell.
54
Which of these meters means that there are four feet in a line?
Tetrameter
Dimeter
Pentameter
Trimeter
