English III Unit 1 Test

Question 1

“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” shows the importance the Onondaga placed on

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Dreams

Question 2

What can America attribute to the Puritans?

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Our Ethics

Question 3

How does the poet use hyperbole in "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?

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By exaggerating that her love for him is greater than gold

Question 4

What did the Age of Reason rely on?

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Rationalism

Question 5

What is the central idea of the sermon?

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The only hope for salvation is through Christian rebirth

Question 6

Who was the governor of Plymouth Colony?

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William Bradford

Question 7

Which of the following would be a good title for the excerpt from The Navajo Origin Legend?

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“Winds of Life”

Question 8

Edwards calls us “a spider, or some loathsome insect (held) over the fire” to stress human’s

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Ugliness in God’s eyes

Question 9

The use of a biblical quotation at the end of the sermon strengthens Edwards’s argument by

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Associating it with an authority respected by his audience

Question 10

Native Americans tell origin myths. What are origin myths?

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Stories that explain how life or the world began

Question 11

In “Before the Birth of One of her Children” what does shehope her husband will do if she dies?

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Remember the good in her

Question 12

Who used fire and brimstone imagery to bring about religious revival?

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Jonathan Edwards

Question 13

What did Rationalists believe in?

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Behaving in an Orderly Manner

Question 14

bandwagon- do something because everyone else is doing it. Which shows that technique?

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Many were in the same condition as you and now they're happy

Question 15

How did the Native Americans pass on their origin stories to their children?

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told the stories orally

Question 16

What does The Navajo Origin Legend describe?

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The first marriage

Question 17

Why does the speaker say, “Compare with me ye women if you can”?

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She is challenging other women in her community.

Question 18

Define: "you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf."

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Deep Pit

Question 19

Which did the Puritans believe?

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In a Direct Relationship with God

Question 20

“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” explains the origin of

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The Earth

Question 21

What emotion is appealed to "To see so many others feasting, while you are pining"

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Envy

Question 22

As a preacher, Edwards uses his sermon to

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Frighten his congregation into seizing salvation

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT something that makes American Literature American

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Government

Question 24

Which of the following lines from the poem is an example of inversion?

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Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere

Question 25

Who was the first American poet?

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Anne Bradstreet

Question 26

According to Jonathan Edwards what is the only reason why man has not been thrown into Hell

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God's Mercy

Question 27

Edwards uses the phrase “dead in sin” to describe

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Those who have not yet experienced the grace of conversion

Question 28

In punishing the grizzlies, the Chief of the Sky Spirits shows

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Human Qualities

Question 29

What part does the wind play in the ritual from the excerpt of The Navajo Origin Legend?

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It gives life to the man and woman

Question 30

What is the meaning of manifold used here "The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray"

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In many ways

Question 31

According to “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” why do the Modocs never kill bears?

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The Grizzlies are their ancestors

Question 32

paraphrase of this line "If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee..."

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I love you more than any other wife could love her husband

Question 33

Which element shows Puritan Plain Style? "If ever two were one, then surely we."

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the simple, common words

Question 34

What's the name of the religious revival that was brought about by fire and brimstone imagery ?

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The Great Awakening

Question 35

What chief emotions does the speaker in Bradstreet’s poem express?

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Respect and admiration for her husband

Question 36

Toward the end of the sermon, Edwards’s tone shifts from

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Frightening to hopeful

Question 37

Which is a belief of the First Americans that had an effect on their traditions and stories?

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Nature Was Equal To Man

Question 38

The Chief of the Sky Spirit becomes angry with the grizzlies. What is one reason for his anger?

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The grizzlies created their own race

Question 39

Paraphrase: All things within this fading world hath end, Adversity doth still our joys attend;

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Even in good times bad things can happen

Question 40

In which sentence is the meaning of the word recompense expressed?

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The poet's love for her husband will be repaid by him

English III Unit 1 Test

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English III Unit 1 Test

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