Puritan Playoff

Which historical event is not associated with the

Puritans.A) Salem Witch TrialsB) ThanksgivingC) The Landing if the MayflowerD) The Revolutionary War

Who wrote “A Narrative of the Captivity…”

A) Mary RowlandsonB) Anne BradstreetC) Anne HutchinsonD) Olaudah Equiano

What other work of literature did Mary

Rowlandson allude to throughout her narrative?A) The Koran B) The BibleC) The CrucibleD) The Scarlet Letter

How is Mary Rowlandson’s narrative

structured?A) Flashback (non-linear)B) Exposition-Rising Action-Climax-Falling Action-ResolutionC) ChronologicallyD) Cliffhanger (no resolution)

What happens to Mary Rowlandson’s 6 year old

daughter within her narrative?

A) She runs awayB) She dies in a fireC) She loses her mindD) She dies from her injuries

Name an emotionally loaded term that Mary

Rowlandson uses in reference to her captors.

A) AliensB) SharksC) PagansD) Devils

Puritan writing is often said to be written in what

style?A) RomanticB) MetaphoricC) ImagistD) Plain

How did captivity narratives like Mary Rowlandson’s

contribute to stereotypes about the Native Americans.

A) They showed the Native people in a truthful lightB) They furthered the idea that the native people were somehow less civilized.C) They proved the savagery of the Native AmericansD) They presented an unbiased view of the Native Americans

What is the term for the idea that humans are born

damned because of Adam and Eve’s actions in the

Garden of Eden?

A) PredestinationB) Original SinC) Divine ProvidenceD) Weaned Affections

What is the term for the Puritan belief that people

must learn to stop becoming attached to material

possessions?

A) Original SinB) Weaned AffectionsC) Divine ProvidenceD) Predestination

What is the term for the belief that God controls

everything that takes place on earth?

A) Divine ProvidenceB) PredestinationC) Original SinD) Weaned Affections

What is the term for comparing two things that are the same without using

the words like or as?

A) SimileB) PersonificationC) ImageryD) Metaphor

What is the term for writing that appeals to

the reader’s senses?A) PersonificationB) OnomatopoeiaC) MeterD) Imagery

What is the term for a comparison of two unlike

things using like or as?

A) Metaphor B) AllegoryC) SimileD) Allusion

Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “Here Follow Some Verses…” details

her ________________conflict in dealing with the loss of her

home.

A) ExternalB) Man vs. ManC) InternalD) Man vs. Society

What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines:

That fearful sound of fire and fire,Let no man know is my Desire.I, starting up, the light did spy,

And to my God my heart did cry

A) ABCDB) ABABC) AABBD) AAAA

What does Anne Bradstreet use to

accommodate the rhyme and meter of her poem?

A) InversionB) CoupletsC) Iambic PentameterD) Verb Phrases

When Bradstreet writes, “My heart did cry,” she is

using what device?

A) ImageryB) Metaphor C) SimileD) Personification

Where did the Puritans land in the New World?

A) New YorkB) PennsylvaniaC) MassachusettsD) South Carolina

When the Puritans arrived at the New World, they feared the ____________because they

thought the devil lurked there.

A) ForestB) OceanC) CityD) South

What is the name for the type of government that

the Puritans established?

A) DemocracyB) MonarchyC) TheocracyD) Oligarchy

How a Puritan church might appear?

A) Very largeB) Very colorfulC) Very plainD) Very expensive

Why are the Puritans often referred to as the

Pilgrims?

A) Because they share religious beliefsB) Because they went on a religious journeyC) Because they acted and dressed similarlyD) Because they came from Pilgrimville, England

The Puritans believed the Bible was the ____________

word of God.

A) MetaphoricalB) AllegoricalC) FictionalD) Literal

In what century did the Puritans land in the New

World?

A) 14thB) 15thC) 16thD) 17th

Puritans believed education was important for ___________

because they needed to understand the Bible.

A) ChildrenB) Native AmericansC) MenD) Women

Name a literary device in the following passage:

“the pit is prepared, the fire made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow. The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the

pit hath opened its mouth under them.”

A) MeterB) SimileC) OnomatopoeiaD) Personification

Who was the first North American to publish

poetry?

A) Jonathan EdwardsB) Olaudah EquianoC) Mary RowlandsonD) Anne Bradstreet

The philosophy that predominated the Age of

Reason is known as…?

A) RationalismB) PuritanismC) TranscendentalismD) Calvinism

The Age of Reason is often referred to as…

A) The Dark AgesB) The RenaissanceC) The EnlightenmentD) The Roaring Twenties

The belief that the universe is ordered and good; humanity

is good; the best way to worship God is by doing good

for others

A) RationalismB) CalvinismC) TheologismD) Deism

What is the term for poetic pamphlets that

were popular during the age of reason?

A) FlyersB) BroadsidesC) Cover lettersD) Periodicals

What is the famous omission from the

Declaration of Independence?

A) Condemning the importation of slaves B) Criticizing unfair taxes C) Arguing for the Louisiana PurchaseD) Addressing the reasons for the declaration

The largest portion of the Declaration of

Independence consists of what?

A) Requests for alliances from other countriesB) Answers to the colonists complaintsC) Grievances against the kingD) Arguments for the colonist’s recent actions

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of

Independence?

A) John AdamsB) James MadisonC) Benjamin FranklinD) Thomas Jefferson

What was Ben Franklin’s first job when he

established himself in Philadelphia?

A) LawyerB) PrinterC) BusinessmanD) Doctor

When Equiano refers to the biblical verse about “doing unto others as you would have done unto you,” he is

making…

A) An allegory B) A metaphorC) An allusionD) A salutation

What is the climax of The Crucible?

A) Hale quitting the courtB) John admitting his affairC) Cheever arresting ElizabethD) Abigail stealing Parris’s money

Which of the following is a dynamic character from

The Crucible?

A) CheeverB) DanforthC) John ProctorD) Putnam

What is the term for when an author creates their characters by providing

specific details about them.

A) DescriptionB) Indirect characterizationC) Direct characterizationD) Detailing

The main idea or author’s message in a work of

literature is called the…

A) thesisB) themeC) symbolD) image

The point of view where the narrator is not a character in

the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of 1

character is…

A) 1st personB) 3rd person omniscientC) 2nd personD) 3rd person limited

When the audience knows something that a character does not, it is

called…A) ImageryB) Dramatic IronyC) Verbal IronyD) Situational Irony

An extreme exaggeration is called…

A) ExpositionB) GeneralizationC) HyperboleD) Verbalization

Who is the protagonist of The Crucible?

A) Reverend HaleB) Thomas PutnamC) Abigail WilliamsD) John Proctor

When John Proctor decides to be hanged rather than sign a false confession it is during

what part of the plot structure?

A) ExpositionB) Rising ActionC) ClimaxD) Resolution

The letter that Hester is forced to wear in The

Scarlet Letter is an example of a(n)…

A) hyperboleB) symbolC) protagonistD) allusion

When something other than what the audience

might expect occurs, it is known as…

A) Falling actionB) Situational IronyC) Verbal IronyD) Dramatic Irony

The part of a plot structure where the audience is

introduced the characters and setting is known as the…

A) IntroductionB) ClimaxC) Rising ActionD) Exposition

The point of view where the narrator is not a character in the

story and they can see the thoughts and feelings of many

characters is known as…

A) 2nd personB) 1st personC) Third person omniscientD) Third person limited

When the author creates their characters by showing

how other characters react or talk about them, it is an

example of…

A) DialogueB) Verbal ironyC) Indirect characterizationD) Direct characterization

Which of the following could be considered an

antagonist in The Crucible?

A) John ProctorB) Reverend HaleC) Elizabeth ProctorD) Abigail Williams

When a character says the opposite of what they mean, it is known as…

A) DialogueB) Verbal IronyC) Situational IronyD) Dramatic Irony