Unit 1.2: Literature of Religious Experience (American)

Question 1

Who was the first colonist to write a sizable body of verse?

Accepted Answer

Anne Bradstreet

Question 2

Without her knowledge, a collection of Bradstreet&#x27;s poetry was published in London under the title The Tenth Muse...

Accepted Answer

true

Question 3

Which writer ministered for almost 24 years, and then turned down a pastorate to work with the Housatonic tribe?

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Edwards

Question 4

Taylor&#x27;s lines "His hand hath made . . . / Handiwork not made by hands" is an example of what poetic device?

Accepted Answer

paradox

Question 5

"Great waters that are dammed for the present" is a metaphor describing what?

Accepted Answer

God&#x27;s wrath

Question 6

A copy of which writer&#x27;s work was the only collection of English verse in Edward Taylor&#x27;s library?

Accepted Answer

Anne Bradstreet

Question 7

Which writer had work published without his or her knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Anne Bradstreet

Question 8

Who was one of the first people to challenge the Puritan leadership of New England?

Accepted Answer

Roger Williams

Question 9

In his poem "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly," Taylor uses a spider to symbolize Satan&#x27;s power over Adam&#x27;s race.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 10

The Bay Psalm Book was very popular in the New World and was commonly used in New England churches for nearly 150 years.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 11

In "Upon the Burning of Our House," what reason does Anne Bradstreet cite for determining that God is just?

Accepted Answer

She acknowledged that all her goods belong to God.

Question 12

Which writer said, "My heart panted after this . . . that I might be nothing, and that God might be all"?

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Edwards

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the three parts of a Puritan sermon after the biblical text?

Accepted Answer

line-by-line explanation of the text

Question 14

One reason that Red Jacket distrusted the Bible is that it is a form of written communication.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 15

Much of Edward Taylor&#x27;s poetry was personal preparation before preaching about what?

Accepted Answer

the Lord&#x27;s Supper

Question 16

The Bay Psalm Book was the first book printed in the English colonies.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

What was the primary controversy of the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

authority of church tradition vs. authority of biblical revelation

Question 18

In "Meditation 6," to what does Edward Taylor compare himself?

Accepted Answer

a minted coin with God&#x27;s image

Question 19

What is Jonathan Edwards&#x27;s tone in his sermon?

Accepted Answer

forceful and firm

Question 20

What does "The Courteous Pagan" contrast on a symbolic level?

Accepted Answer

cultivated manners and natural kindness

Question 21

What is emphasized in Edward Taylor's God's Determinations?

Accepted Answer

God&#x27;s plan of redemption for sinners and spiritual growth for believers.

Question 22

Which writer(s) were influenced by Edwards&#x27;s vision of man&#x27;s corruptly nature but failed to provide a biblical solution?

Accepted Answer

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Question 23

What is Occom&#x27;s two-fold purpose for writing his autobiography?

Accepted Answer

to defend himself and give honor to religion

Question 24

Which poet said, "I have not studied in this you read, . . . to set forth myself, but the glory of God"?

Accepted Answer

Anne Bradstreet

Question 25

What characteristic was Red Jacket known for?

Accepted Answer

oratorical skill

Question 26

What is the reference to the verse Jonathan Edwards uses for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

Accepted Answer

Deuteronomy 32:35

Question 27

What did a metaphysical poet explore in poetry?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 28

According to "The Author to Her Book," what is Anne Bradstreet&#x27;s opinion of her own writing?

Accepted Answer

it still needs work after many revisions

Question 29

What type of stanza form is the basic unit of thought in Taylor&#x27;s God&#x27;s Determinations?

Accepted Answer

heroic couplet

Question 30

Which writer began writing poetry at age 40 primarily as a form of personal worship of God?

Accepted Answer

Edward Taylor

Question 31

Anne Bradstreet used many of her poems to express rebellion against the unfair treatment of women in her day.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 32

What type of poem is Bradstreet&#x27;s "Upon the Burning of Our House"?

Accepted Answer

both of these

Question 33

What was the core of the Puritan worldview?

Accepted Answer

the sovereignty of God and authority of the Bible

Question 34

Who refused to pastor any church maintaining ties with the Church of England?

Accepted Answer

Roger Williams

Question 35

With what emotion does Edward Taylor end "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"?

Accepted Answer

joy

Question 36

Which writer, the cofounder of Rhode Island, preached to the Indians and wrote a book about their language?

Accepted Answer

Roger Williams

Question 37

Williams&#x27;s belief about what principle has been influential among religious and political conservatives since his day?

Accepted Answer

separation of church and state

Question 38

Samson was also called the Pious Mohegan.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 39

What is the progression of the poet&#x27;s focus in Contemplations?

Accepted Answer

tree to heavens to Creator

Question 40

Which author proved best the notion that a Puritan could create excellent poetry?

Accepted Answer

Edward Taylor

Question 41

The indication of mistreatment that Occom discusses in his autobiography is the discrepancy in what?

Accepted Answer

the amount of money he was paid

Question 42

Which of the following is not a charge brought against Roger Williams?

Accepted Answer

insisting that the king assign colonists their land

Question 43

In "Contemplations," the poet&#x27;s appreciation of the beauty of nature leads to what?

Accepted Answer

an appreciation of God&#x27;s majesty

Question 44

Why does Red Jacket use the phrase "You say" throughout his speech?

Accepted Answer

show perceived inconsistencies with Jacob Cram&#x27;s words

Question 45

What metaphor does Edwards use to illustrate man&#x27;s inability to save himself?

Accepted Answer

the inability of a spider&#x27;s web to stop a falling rock

Question 46

Which writer&#x27;s work brought praise and criticism, but shows a sincere desire to understand God&#x27;s working in the world?

Accepted Answer

Anne Bradstreet

Question 47

What equality does Williams suggest exists between the Englishmen and Indians in "Boast Not Proud English"?

Accepted Answer

both are in need of salvation

Question 48

In "The Author to Her Book," what does Anne Bradstreet refer to her book of poetry as?

Accepted Answer

her child

Question 49

What does Edward Taylor ask that God make him in "Huswifery"?

Accepted Answer

a spinning wheel

Question 50

The authorship of The Bay Psalm Book can be narrowed down to three or four Puritan ministers.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 51

When a revival spread in New England, with what did Jonathan Edwards become concerned?

Accepted Answer

distinguishing between true religious experience and false

Question 52

What does Edward Taylor&#x27;s poetry primarily concern?

Accepted Answer

religious meditation

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