Question 1
Question 4
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature include the
following: John Winthrop and William Cullen Bryant
True
False
Question 2
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Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature include the
following: William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, and Herman Melville.
True
False
Question 3
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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.
According to the excerpt, what will the consequences be for dealing falsely
with God?
Forgiveness
God will abandon and punish them
God will never leave them
None of the above
1.25 / 1.25 pts
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Chesapeake Bay was the first permanent settlement in colonial New England.
True
False
Question 5
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Literature of the Colonial Period may be defined as a literary record of the
period called the Age of Reason or Revolution.
True
False
Question 6
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John Smith aimed to use the obscure and complex style "with singular regard
unto the simple truth."
True
False
Question 7
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1775 was the year the permanent settlement in New England was
established
True
False
Question 8
Christopher Columbus was the leader of the first English settlers called the
Pilgrims.
True
False
Question 9
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"The Day of Doom" was authored by Michael Wigglesworth.
True
False
Question 10
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The words plain and clear adequately describe literature of the Colonial
Period.
True
False
Question 11
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Most of Edward Taylor's series of "Meditation" poems use the Ministerial
Three Method.
True
False
I Question 12
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Deism is the belief that God is ever present and continuously directs His
people’s affairs.
True – selected answer
False – correct answer
Question 13
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Captain John Smith is one of the writers whose report of exploration is
described as one of the first distinctly American writing in English.
True
False
Question 14
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Alliterations such as "Root and rise"; "Bloody and barbarous"; "Fain and flee"
appear in this author’s work.
William Bradford
John Smith
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
Question 15
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Anne Bradstreet wrote during the period of the American Renaissance.
True
False
Question 16
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In his "Journal," John Winthrop refers to Anne Hutchinson as
"American Jesabel"
Daughter of Jesabel
Mother of Jesabel
Margaret Tyndal
Quiz Score: out of 20
18.75
