American Literature Exam with correct answers 2024
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American Literature
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American Literature
What happened in 1692 and 1741? correct answers 1692- Salem Witch trials
1741- Failed Great Awakening (failed due to close knit community)
An easily understood style marked by
simple words in clear order that served as
the correct interpreter of Gods
unimportance command correct answers P...
What happened in 1692 and 1741? correct answers 1692- Salem Witch trials
1741- Failed Great Awakening (failed due to close knit community)
An easily understood style marked by
simple words in clear order that served as
the correct interpreter of Gods
unimportance command correct answers Puritan Plain Style
What was the day of doom? correct answers A poem about punishments of the salem
witch trails
What is an iambic couplet? correct answers 2 lines that rhyme with 10 syllables going
unstressed/stressed
What message does Bradford mean to convey? correct answers Anyone should be
welcomed into a community or village even if they act very different from us
Who was John Winthrop? What was the government like? correct answers Went on the
mayflower and called it the divine mission; established a theocracy government and
church judicial system
How long did the passage take and how did people act? correct answers 5 months, the
crewmen were mean
How were the puritans comparable to modern Americans? correct answers They
worked hard like us and dint value holiday time much.
When did interest in the New World change from exploration to settlement? correct
answers End of the 16th century
Who was Anne Bradstreet and what did she write about? What did he write? correct
answers -A woman who arrived in 1630 and married to the governor
-god and domestic life (5th of 10 kids); Bible between earth and heaven
-wrote tenth must in america by muses from Greek mythology
What is apostrophe? correct answers When you address an imaginary person or
abstract quality
What is an archetype? correct answers Original model of something in literature that
adds deep dimension to literature
,What were the 5 principles of Calvinism? correct answers TULIP- Total Depravity,
unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, preservation of Grace
Who was WIlliam Bradford and what did he do? What letters did he sent? correct
answers A puritan who beleived English was corrupt and was went to North America
with a continent to be voted 30 times; sent letters to immigrate.
Who was Jonathan Edwards and what was eh responsible for? correct answers - a
powerful and persuasive minster who went to Yale
- the great awakening
-killed by smallpox
What is an allusion? correct answers An allusion is a reference to famous person,
place, thing, or idea.
What was Of Plymouth Plantation about and how old was it? How many terms did they
stay with the natives? correct answers A day to day moral about why god sent them a
hand and with their 6 terms with the natives; stayed with family for 200 years
Who was Squanto and why did william Bradford call him a. Special instrument of god?
correct answers The first man they met who spoke English, he guided them on
agriculture and acted as an interpreter
What were Europeans hoping to find in the new world? correct answers Adventure,
gold, plentiful food, land, good wages
What book did the puritans create after coming? correct answers The first book, The
Bay Psalm Book in 1640 by rearranging David's poetry; didnt think they could improve
God's words
Why did Europeans explore the new world? What was the religious reason? correct
answers -Faster trade routes and paradise due to stories about the country and Cortez
and de vaca
-wanted to practice Puritanism as persecuted in their country but reluctant to leave
How long did Puritanism last in America and why did it fade? correct answers A
century, villages grew into city as religion went under attack
What is oratory? correct answers the art of public speaking
What is a sermon? correct answers a speech given on a moral subject, usually at a
church, based upon a passage from the Bible or other religious text
What were the conditions on the Mayflower? What did people gets sick with? correct
answers -leaks and creeping passengers
-102 passengers
,- scurvy and disease due to winter conditions
In what episodes did WIlliam Bradford show his view that God made everything in
history occur (in times of disease and harsh conditions)? correct answers 1. The young
profane guy dies after taking power
2. The Great iron screw repaired the cracked beam
3. God provided them some harsh winter conditions like abuse form the crew and
scurvy but let some survive to take care
What subjects were writers of this era concerned with? correct answers State of life on
earth with science,e this, and government
What is diction? correct answers word choice to Indicate style
Where does Bradford see spiritual meaning that occurred? correct answers Spiritual
meaning on his men landing and praised the lord for saving some men; reflects purpose
What were the three beliefs that pervaded Puritan writing? correct answers -feelings
radically changed through he concept of "grace"
-plainness
-desire to return Christianity to the simple forms of the New Testament
What were 3 characteristics of the puritan plain style? correct answers Short
recognizable words, direct statements, and references everyday objects
What was the Great Awakening and how long did it last? correct answers When
Puritanism was revived in 1740s and grace seized the masses but only lasted to the
American revolution
Why did the Puritans come to America? correct answers To establish a city upon a
hill/Bible community as they believed god sent them to this country
In the terms of peace, in where did they promise to aid each other and show ere they
more favorable to? correct answers Through aid in war and peace treaty, Puritans
What happened to William Bradford? correct answers -He was on the mayflower and
governed fro 33 years
-text passed to great grandson and usd for history and almost had burned but landed in
Bishops of London library.
What does the first part of the book do? correct answers -relates persecution and
exkdhs to foreign holland to follow path then to america
-second ship leaked and forged thought fierce winds and landed with little cornfields
What does the second part of the book say? correct answers -mayflower compact
(governs theocracy)
, -scurvy and disease where healthy people roam
-indian talks to them and Bradford governs
-joyous first thanksgiving to england but stay with colony and think about payments to
england through undertakers
What does the third part of the book talk about? correct answers -strict religious beliefs
with corrupt natures and sinful; strong and proper pilgrims
-Roger Williams with problems and approval from parliament for Pilgrim colony
-three ships from Cromwell who wrecks havoc ad then returns with money but dies off
horse
What troubles do they encounter at sea? What happened to the ship? correct answers
-prosperous wind continues and sea-sickness
-troublesome proud man called William Butten who cursed them but fell off disease
-cracked ship due to fierce storms
What occurred due to the cracked ship? What were people's worries? correct answers -
people worried about wages and want to come back
-but iron screw raised beam fit in and caulked decks
-john holland nearly thrown off but survived
Where did they land after? correct answers Cape Cod where they resolved to find
Hudson River and landed through the wind
What is the difference between the beliefs of the puritans and the neoclaccists? correct
answers -did not think as much and tested ideas and
had a society
What happened when they finally landed on the harbor? What did the people realize?
correct answers -fell upon knees and blessed gods
-realized no friends to welcome and barbarians attacked
-fierce and cruel strong with wild men
What happened after people arrived? Who took care of them? correct answers -half the
people died due to scurvy and disease but 6 or 7 people gave food and clothes
(including William Brewster and Mules Standish)
How did the crew start to act? correct answers -disease fell upon chefs and officers
-formerly nice crew would act rudely even if passengers showed mercy (man who mean
but then helped and knew he didn't deserve it)
How did the Indians initially treat the pilgrims? Who was Samoset? correct answers -
they wrecked havoc and stole tools until Samoset's broken English helped and
acquainted them to Squanto
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