ENGL_201_THE_COLONIAL_PERIOD_QUIZ.docx.pdf

Question 1

0 / 2 pts

Which of the following poem by Edward Taylor thematizes God choosing the

"elect" and the conflicts the elect go through?

"Meditation 38"

"The Preface"

“Prologue”

"A Fig for Thee oh! Death"

Question 2

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Example(s) of doctrines of Puritanism and Calvinism thematized in the

literature of the colonial include the following:

Total depravity

Predestined election

Limited atonement

All the above

Question 3

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Authored the poem "The Flesh and the Spirit"

Michael Wigglesworth

Jonathan Edwards

Edward Taylor

Anne Bradstreet

Question 4

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The following is not a genre of American literature of the colonial period:

sermons

True

False

Question 5

2 / 2 pts

In his works, Captain John Smith showcases the riches and pleasures of New

World in contrast to the poverty and deprivations in England.

True

False

Question 6

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Thus stands the cause betweene God and us. We are entered into Covenant

with Him for this worke. Wee have taken out a Commission. The Lord hath

given us leave to drawe our own articles. Wee have professed to enterprise

these Actions, upon these and those accounts, upon these and those ends,

wee have hereupon besought Him of favour and blessing. Now if the Lord

shall please to heare us, and bring us in peace to the place wee desire, then

hath hee ratified this Covenant and sealed our Commission, [and] will expect

a strict performance of the Articles contained in it; but if wee shall neglect

the observation of these Articles which are the ends wee have propounded,

and, dissembling with our God, shall fall to embrace this present world and

prosecute our carnall intentions, seekeing greate things for ourselves and our

posterity, the Lord will surely breake out in wrathe against us; be revenged of

such a perjured people and make us knowe the price of the breache of such

a covenant. This excerpt is taken from_________

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

"A Model of Christian Charity"

“The Eagle Stirreth it Wings”

"Of Plimoth Plantation"

I Question 7

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In the moneth of Aprill, 1614. with two Ships from London, of a few

Marchants, I chanced to arriue in New-England, a parte of Ameryca, at the Ile

of Monahiggan, in 43 1/2 of Northerly latitude: our plot was there to take

Whales and make tryalls of a Myne of Gold and Copper. Another name for

New-England is__________

Britain

New World

England

Old-England

Question 8

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In his narrative, this author uses doublets such as "Godly and judicious";

"Covered and overspread"; "Wars and oppositions"; "Pride and ambition";

"Canons and decrees"; "Hunted and persecuted.”

Edward Taylor

Jonathan Edwards

John Winthrop

William Bradford

Question 9

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In his works, Captain John Smith alludes to ancient myths of gardens of joy,

eternal life, and riches.

True

False

Question 10

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Evoked fear in his poem, “The Day of Doom,” to warn sinners of God’s

impending wrath.

William Bradford

John Smith

Anne Bradstreet

John Winthrop

Michael Wigglesworth

Edward Taylor

Jonathan Edwards

I Question 11

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John Winthrop deemed the “calling” of men in Colonial New England as

attending to “household affairs and such things as belong to women.”

True

False

Question 12

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The following are genres of American literature of the colonial period:

historical and descriptive accounts.

True

False

I Question 13

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Therefore lett us choose life, that wee and our seede may live by obeying his

voyce and cleaveing to him, for hee is our life and our prosperity. Whose

“voice [voice] is referenced in this passage?

Voice of John Winthrop

Voice of God

Voice of the people

Voice of the King of England

Question 14

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For wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a hill. The eies of all

people are uppon Us, soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this

worke wee have undertaken, and soe cause Him to withdrawe his present

help from us, wee shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.

This excerpt is an example of a ________ sermon

Incantation

Discordia concourse

Puritan

Papal

Question 15

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This poem shows Anne Bradstreet’s love for her husband:

"The Author to Her Book."

"Before the Birth of One of Her Children."

“To my Dear Children.”

"To My Dear and Loving Husband."

Question 16

2 / 2 pts

You are reading a poem entitled “The Day of Doom” and you think a Puritan

might have written it during the colonial period of American Literature. Its

publication date of about 1662 might help you confirm that a Puritan indeed

wrote it during the colonial period.

True

False

Question 17

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William Bradford described the New World as

“hideous and desolate wilderness”

“the best place on earth”

“land flowing with milk and honey”

“awesome”

I Question 18

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Writing described as "sensual" and "erotic."

William Bradford

John Smith

Anne Bradstreet

John Winthrop

Michael Wigglesworth

Edward Taylor

Jonathan Edwards

Question 19

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John Winthrop disapproved of women giving themselves “wholly to reading

and writing.”

True

False

I Question 20

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From my years young in days of youth,

God did make known to me this truth,

And call’d me from my native place

For to enjoy the means of grace.

In wilderness he did me guide,

And in strange lands for me provide,

In fears and wants, through weal and woe,

A Pilgrim passed I to and fro.

This poem gives a summary of the life of the author, and can therefore be

described as _________

Lyrical poem

Ballad

Non sequitur

Autobiography

Question 21

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From my years young in days of youth,

God did make known to me this truth,

And call’d me from my native place

For to enjoy the means of grace.

In wilderness he did me guide,

And in strange lands for me provide,

In fears and wants, through weal and woe,

A Pilgrim passed I to and fro.

This poem was written by_________

John Winthrop

Anne Bradstreet

William Bradford

Michael Wigglesworth

Question 22

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1785 was the year the permanent settlement in New England was

established.

True

False

Question 23

2 / 2 pts

Edward Taylor established the Indian Captivity Narrative

True

False

Question 24

2 / 2 pts

You are reading a poem entitled “The Day of Doom” and you think a Puritan

might have written it during the colonial period of American Literature. The

plain style might help you determine that a Puritan indeed wrote it during

the colonial period.

True

False

I Question 25

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The first part of the narrative, Of Plimoth Plantation, documents the pilgrims’

journey from England to the New World.

True

False

Question 26

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This famous sermon uses Ministerial Three Method.

“Meditation 38”

"A Model of Christian Charity"

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

"A Fig for Thee oh! Death"

Question 27