Question 1
2 / 2 pts
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. These are the concluding words
of ______
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
"A Model of Christian Charity"
“The Eagle Stirreth it Wings”
"Of Plimoth Plantation"
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Authored "The Day of Doom."
Edward Taylor
William Bradford
John Winthrop
Michael Wigglesworth
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
This author migrated to New World in 1638, was sickly, and thrice married with 8
children.
Michael Wigglesworth
William Bradford
Edward Taylor
John Winthrop
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Captain John Smith authored A Description of New England (1616)
True
False
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
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.
According to the poem, at what time in the life of the speaker did God reveal the “truth”
of his life to him?
Old age
In his mother’s womb
Young age
On his deathbed
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
"The Day of Doom" uses contrasts and juxtapositions.
True
False
I Question 7
0 / 2 pts
This poem uses ballad stanza of abcb, aabb rhyme that is often used for hymns and
lyrical poems.
“The Day of Doom”
“Prologue”
"The Joy of Church Fellowship…"
"The Author to Her Book"
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Evoked fear in his sermons to warn impenitent sinners of God’s impending wrath.
William Bradford
John Smith
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
Michael Wigglesworth
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Wrote at the height of the Great Awakening Revival.
William Bradford
John Smith
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
Michael Wigglesworth
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Alludes to “many hundreds” of variable travel reports/"relations."
William Bradford
John Smith
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
Michael Wigglesworth
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
William Bradford described the New World as
“hideous and desolate wilderness”
“the best place on earth”
“land flowing with milk and honey”
“awesome”
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" uses the Ministerial Three Method.
True
False
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
This writer’s work was not published until Thomas Johnson discovered and published it
in 1939.
Michael Wigglesworth
Jonathan Edwards
Edward Taylor
Anne Bradstreet
Question 14
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 15
2 / 2 pts
Doublets are used in colonial American literature
to emphasize, elaborate, and affirm
to echo the rhythm and incantation of the spoken word
to differentiate between what is serious and less serious
All the above
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
The reputation of this author is the first woman to be acknowledged as a skillful New
World poet:
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Bradstreet
Phillis Wheatley
Margaret Tyndal
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature include the following:
William Cullen Bryant and Jonathan Edwards
True
False
I Question 18
0 / 2 pts
Captain John Smith’s motives for writing included religious reasons, such as evangelism
CORRECT ANSWER TRUE!
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Thou ill-form’d 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, expos’d to publick view,
Made thee in raggs, halting to th’ press to trudge,
Where errors were not lessened (all may judg).
At thy return my blushing was not small,
My rambling brat (in print) should mother call,
This excerpt suggests that __________
The poet or speaker did not intend for his or her poetry to be published
The intent of the poet or speaker was for his or her poetry to be published
The poet or speaker feels his or her poetry is very good
The poet or speaker feels his or her poetry should be exposed for all to read
I Question 20
0 / 2 pts
Which of the following poem by Edward Taylor thematizes victory over death?
"Meditation 38"
"The Preface"
“Prologue”
"A Fig for Thee oh! Death"
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
Most of Edward Taylor's series of "Meditation" poems use the Ministerial Three Method.
True
False
I Question 22
0 / 2 pts
John Winthrop deemed the “calling” of men in Colonial New England as attending to
“household affairs and such things as belong to women.” CORRECT ANSWER: FALSE
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
In his narrative, this author concentrates on what he calls "principal things.”
William Bradford
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
Captain John Smith
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Cotton Mather called this author the "American Nehemiah":
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
John Winthrop
William Bradford
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
John Smith aimed to use the plain style "with singular regard unto the simple truth."
True
False
I Question 26
0 / 2 pts
Examples of writers of the colonial period of American literature include the following:
Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE
Question 27
2 / 2 pts
Anne Bradstreet established the Indian Captivity Narrative
True
False
Question 28
2 / 2 pts
This author moved to the New World on Arbella, and must have heard the sermon “A
Model of Christian Charity”:
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Bradstreet
Phillis Wheatley
Margaret Tyndal
Question 29
2 / 2 pts
This author delivered a sermon on the Arbella and migrated to the New World in 1630.
William Bradford
John Smith
Anne Bradstreet
John Winthrop
Michael Wigglesworth
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
Question 30
2 / 2 pts
The Venus and Adonis stanza form has iambic pentameter rhyming ababcc.
True
False
Question 31
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following ancient myth(s) does Captain John Smith appropriate or draw
upon to portray a paradisiacal image of the New World?
Atlantis, see Plato's Timaeus and Critias
The Fortunate Isles, described in the voyage of St. Brendan
The enchanted garden of Renaissance literature
All the above
Question 32
2 / 2 pts
Edward Taylor used the plain style to write for "plain men's satisfaction."
True
False
I Question 33
0 / 2 pts
This author’s work was intended to be private, and not for publication:
Jonathan Edwards
Edward Taylor
John Winthrop
William Bradford
Question 34
2 / 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 35
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following poems by Anne Bradstreet suggests the futility of her attempts to
polish her poetry?
"The Author to Her Book."
"Before the Birth of One of Her Children."
“To my Dear Children.”
"In Memory of My Dear Grandchild."
Question 36
2 / 2 pts
Both of these writers depict unimaginable eternal suffering in hell in their works.
Captain John Smith and Jonathan Edwards
John Winthrop and William Bradford
Michael Wigglesworth and Jonathan Edwards
William Bradford and Michael Wigglesworth
Question 37
2 / 2 pts
The following are all poems that belong to the tradition of admonitory Body-Soul, Flesh-
Spirit debate poems: "The Flesh and the Spirit"; Old-English poem "Soul and Body";
and Middle-English poem "Disputations between the Body and the Soul."
True
False
Question 38
2 / 2 pts
Authored what many describe as the first colonial American "best-seller," because 1800
copies were sold during first year.
Captain John Smith
Michael Wigglesworth
John Winthrop
William Bradford
Question 39
2 / 2 pts
William Bradford authored A True Relation…of Virginia (1608)
True
False
I Question 40
0 / 2 pts
Literature of the Colonial Period basically is a record of the beginnings and growth of
Colonial America into the United States of America.
Correct Answer: TRUE
