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Quiz The Colonial Period
American Literature I (Liberty University)
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1.
The first collection of works was published in 1650, and the second, mainly
a revision of the first, was published in 1678.
2.
Therefore let us choose life, that we and our seed may live by
obeying his voice and cleaving to him, for hee is our life and our
prosperity. What is the setting of this sermon?
3.
Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature
include the following: John Winthrop and Michael Wigglesworth. T/F
4.
This author delivered the sermon titled "Christian Charity: A Modell
Thereof":
5.
And first of the occasion and inducements thereunto; the which that I may
truly unfold, I must begin at the very root & rise of the same. The which I
shall endeavor to manifest in a plain style, with singular regard unto the
simple truth in all things, at least as near as my slender judgment can attain
the same. The phrase “root & rise” is used for
6.
From my years young in days of youth, God did make known to me this
truth And called me from my native place For to enjoy the means of
grace. In the 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. In this poem, the poet offers
7.
And first of the occasion and inducements thereunto; the which that I may
truly unfold, I must begin at the very root & rise of the same. The which I
shall endeavor to manifest in a plain style, with singular regard unto the
simple truth in all things, at least as near as my slender judgment can attain
the same. The phrase “root & rise” is an example of
8.
The following is not a genre of American literature of the colonial
period: exploration literature. T/F
9.
In his Of Plimoth Plantation, William Bradford for the fertile land, year-
round supply of fish, and gold mines and silver found in the New World.
T/F
10.
Documents conflict with Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
11.
Authored "The Day of Doom."
12.
John Smith aimed to use the plain style "with singular regard unto the
simple truth." T/F
13. 1750 was the year the first English settlement was established. T/F
14.
The following is a genre of American literature of the colonial
period: historical accounts. T/F
15.
Uses scriptural marginalia in his poetry.
16.
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" uses the Ministerial Three
Method. T/F
17.
Which of the following poem by Edward Taylor thematizes God
choosing the "elect" and the conflicts the elect go through?
18.
Pastoral is a genre of literature expressing peace, simplicity, and virtues
of an innocent, idyllic life. Another name for the term
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pastoral is
19.
Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into Covenant
with Him for this work. We have taken out a Commission. The Lord hath
given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to enterprise
these Actions, upon these and those accounts, upon these and those ends,
we have hereupon besought Him of favor and blessing. Now if the Lord
shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we 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 we 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 carnal intentions, seeking great things for
ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surely break out in wrath
against us; be revenged of such a perjured people and make us know the
price of the breach of such a covenant. This excerpt is an example of a
sermon
20.
Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into
Covenant with Him for this work. We have taken out a Commission. The
Lord hath given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to
enterprise these Actions, upon these and those accounts, upon these and
those ends, we have hereupon besought Him of favor and blessing. Now if
the Lord shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we \
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
we 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 carnal intentions, seeking great things for
ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surely break out in wrath against
us; be revenged of such a perjured people and make us know the price of
the breach of such a covenant. According to this excerpt, what will be
evidence that God “hath…ratified this Covenant”?
21.
He is a pastoralist, and his writing may be described as idyllic or
bucolic.
22.
This famous sermon was preached to a rural congregation in
Enfield, Connecticut.
23.
This author did not want his works published because s/he
considered them to be a private spiritual diary
24.
For wee must Consider that wee shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of
all people are upon Us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our god in this
work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw his present help
from us, we shall be made a story and a
by-word through the world. This
excerpt is an example of a
sermon
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25.
Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth didst by
my side remain, Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,
Who thee abroad, exposed to public view, Made thee in rags, halting to
the press to trudge, Where errors were not lessened (all may judge). At thy
return my blushing was not small, My rambling brat (in print) should
mother call, The spiteful language of the poem is an example of
26.
This author moved to the New World on Arbella, and must have heard
the sermon “A Model of Christian Charity”:
27.
The "Greatest" American poet before the 19th.
28.
This colonial American poet alludes to classical myths such as
Neptune, Calliopes, Phoebus, and Thetis:
29.
Literature of the Colonial Period may be defined as a literary record of the
period from the founding of Jamestown to the Age of Reason or
Revolution. T/F
30.
Anne Bradstreet self-published her collection of poetry. T/F
31.
This colonial American writer uses the Venus and Adonis stanza form:
32.
In the month of April 1614. with two Ships from London, of a few
Marchants, I chanced to arrive in New England, a parte of America, at the
Ile of Monahiggan, in 43 1/2 of Northerly latitude: our plot was there
means:
33.
Therefore let us choose life, that we and our seed may live by obeying
his voice and cleaving to him, for hee is our life and our prosperity.
Who is referred to in the excerpt as “our life and / our prosperity”?
34.
The following is a genre of American literature of the colonial
period: travel accounts. T/F
35.
Refers to the writer's limited abilities in words such as "my mean pen,"
"these lowly lines," etc.
36.
In his narrative, this author concentrates on what he calls "principal things.”
37.
In his writings, Captain John Smith portrayed English North
America as a land of endless bounty.
38.
Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into Covenant
with Him for this work. We have taken out a Commission. The Lord hath
given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to enterprise
these Actions, upon these and those accounts, upon these and those ends,
we have hereupon besought Him of favor and blessing. Now if the Lord
shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we 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 we 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 carnal intentions, seeking
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great things for ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surely break out
in wrath against us; be revenged of such a perjured people and make us
know the price of the breach of such a covenant. According to this excerpt,
what will be the consequences of neglecting the articles of the Covenant?
39.
The major themes of Anne Bradstreet include the following:
40.
This writer conceived of himself as a mere "Crumb of dust":
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