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1
Which literary device references Biblical stories in order to clarify an idea?
Simile
Archetype
Metaphor
Allusion
2
If your strength was 10,000 times greater than it is
is an example of...
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
3
Why did the Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
The natives stopped stealing tools
The natives violated the peace treaty
The Pilgrims had a copious harvest
The Pilgrims had a desolate harvest
4
Complete the sentence: It was difficult to _____ the student's sloppy handwriting.
chide
discern
lament
gratify
5
Sermons delivered during the Great Awakening took place...
On boats
In churches
In secret
In fields
6
Equiano uses _______ to appeal to his readers' senses.
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Metaphor
7
What was the name of this Pilgrim ship?
Arbella
Santa Maria
Mayflower
Zong
8
Jonathan Edwards preached that those who confessed sins would be:
Damned to hell
Saved
True Puritans.
Condemned to purgatory
9
Equiano's narrative is an example of _____, or, against slavery.
providence
abolition
antechamber
antebellum
10
Who was responsible for penning a journal of the Pilgrim's landing and first years?
Mary Rowlandson
John Carver
Olaudah Equiano
William Bradford
11
When Bradstreet falls ill she is _____ then _____.
Resentful ... Remorseful
Saddened ... Grateful
Accepting ... Hurt
Angry ... Calm
12
According to Winthrop, what is the "bond of perfection"?
Prayer
Allusions
Love
God
13
Which term means an extreme exaggeration?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Imagery
Simile
14
This test is going to be...
Difficult
O.MG.
Easy
Possible
15
Bradstreet referred to God as:
a mighty Architect
a foreboding Carpenter
a brave Soldier
a trusting Engineer
16
Bradford wrote of God's providence in ALL BUT which moment:
Meeting Squanto
The Mayflower's arrival in Plymouth
The City on the Hill
The lusty young man saved from being thrown overboard
17
What was at the center of Puritan life?
God
Customs
Survival
Science
18
Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
19
Edwards used a lot of negative images and figurative language to create a negative:
Bias
Connotation
Denotation
Hyperbole
20
Which event has the strongest historical tie to Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping?
King James' Decree
King Phillip's War
The Mayflower Compact
The War of the Roses
21
What term describes the Puritanical belief that all humans' fate was determined at birth?
Resolve
Providence
Prolific
Predestination
22
Which term could be described as "God's guiding hand"?
Provokation
Providence
Prism
Predestination
23
Bradstreet feels grateful to God when...
She becomes wealthy
Her son is killed
Her daughter is born
Her house burns down
24
Equiano fears he will be _________ when he is taken aboard the ship.
Broken and drowned
Killed and thrown overboard
Killed and eaten
Beaten and scarred
25
All men of the Mayflower signed _____ an agreement to form a rudimentary government.
A Model of Christian Charity
God
Mayflower Compact
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
26
Complete the following sentence: After this review I _____ to study more.
resolve
appease
gratify
abate
27
How many terms of peace were established between Bradford and the natives?
2
8
4
6
28
Rowlandson refers to the natives as:
Savage bears
Charging rhinos
Rabid dogs
Lazy slugs
29
Diction is...
The structure of an author's writing
A writer's choice of words
A word's dictionary definition
The logic of an author's argument
30
Mary Rowlandson proved her worth to the natives by her skills as a:
Cook
Maid
Servant
Seamstress
31
Which of the authors shows the daily life / struggles of Puritanical women best?
Jonathan Edwards
Mary Rowlandson
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
32
Winthrop describes his vision of a utopian settlement as...
A compact between God and man
A spider's web
A city on a hill
A burning house
33
Mary Rowlandson's narrative shows a negative bias against:
The Great Awakening
natives
(frickin) bears
Puritans
34
The Mayflower landed in Plymouth for all of the reasons EXCEPT:
They ran out of beer
They were lost
Winter
Strong storms
35
Equiano's narrative is unique in that it...
Describes the horrors of slavery
Is a first-person account of the slave trade.
Tells the specifics of the business of slavery
Tells the slave trade in the present tense
