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Puritan Writings Test
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11th Grade
09/05/2012

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What were the troubles in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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the transfer of passengers to the Mayflower after one of the other ships became unseaworthy
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What does divers mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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many
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What does lusty mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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energetic; robust
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what does execrations mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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angry words; curses
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what does reproved mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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reprimanded
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what does shroudly mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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shrewdly, used here in its archaic sense of "wickedly"
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what does fain mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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archaic fo "gladly"
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what does loath mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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reluctant
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what does staunch mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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watertight
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what does hull mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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to float without using the sails
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what does seele mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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sudden lurch to one side
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what does halyards mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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ropes for raising a sail
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when did the mayflower sight cape cod in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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November 9, 1620
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where was cape cod sighted in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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present-day Massachusetts
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what is the Hudson River in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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pilgrims trying reach Manhattan Island
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Who made a voyage in the Hudson River in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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Henry Hudson
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what is cape harbor now called?
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provincetown harbor
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what does succor mean in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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aid
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what part of the Bible is Of Plymouth Plantation alluding to?
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in Acts of the Apostles (ch. 28), paul tells how the shipwrecked Christians were helped by the "barbarous people" of Malta
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what is pisgah in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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mountain from which Moses first viewed the promise land
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not religious, contemptuous, disrespectful
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profane
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arrogant
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haughty
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a meeting to seek information or exchange ideas
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consultation
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various; several
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sundry
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a written or spoken conversation
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discourse
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tiring; dreary
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tedious
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regrettable; distressing
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lamentable
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asked sincerely; begged
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entreated
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pain; hardships
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afflictions
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goods seized, especially during wartime
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plunder
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sad; sorrowful
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melancholy
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sorrow for doing wrong; regret
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repentance
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Define puritan
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wanted to purify church of england
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Define covenant. What was the name of the 1st Puritan agreement?
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a covenant is a promise that can be made with God or with man. The first Puritan agreement was the Mayflower Compact
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Define rationalism
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humans can arrive at truth through reason
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What is plain style?
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plain style is a simple style of writing
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T/F

William Bradford was the governor of Virginia at least 30 times
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False
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"There was a proud and very profane young man, one of the seamen, of a lustry, able body which made him the more HAUGHTY...."

what does haughty mean in this sentence?
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arrogant
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Who was Myles Standish?
Definition
a leader in the 17th century; held government and war positions
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An allusion is:
a-a comparison using like or as
b-reference to something else.
c-giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
d-the repetition of consonant sounds
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B
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What are at least two characteristics of Puritan writing?
Definition
Bible model for Puritan writing
plain style of writing
diaries and histories believed to reflect workings of God
used writing to explore their inner and outer lives
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Sir Isaac Newton and the rationalists viewed God as a _____________.
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clockmaker
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What are at least two characteristics of Puritan writing?
Definition
Bible model for Puritan writing
plain style of writing
diaries and histories believed to reflect workings of God
used writing to explore their inner and outer lives
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Name the Indian chief who was responsible for the raid on Mary Rowlandson's town.
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Metacomet
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What event resulted in the capture of Mary Rowlandson? What did this do for the relationship between the Indians and the Puritans?
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Mary Rowlandson's capture was brought on by a bloody raid. This caused anger between the Indians and Puritans and it broke the 24 year treaty.
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What is a praying Indian?
"she was about 10 years old, and taken from the door at first by a praying Indian and afterword sold for a gun."
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American Indians who converted to Christianity
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Mrs. Rowlandson's narrative

a-is an unemotional, detached portrayal of her captivity
b-emphasizes the authors reliance on God's providence
c-bitterly pleads for God's judgment on the Indians
d-lapses into melodramatic passages of self-pity
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B
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What happens to the body of Rowlandson's dead daughter?

a-indians leave body in river
b-indians leave body in the woods for wild animals
c-left for her to bury in a shallow grave
d-indians bury the body on top of a hill
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D
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What style of writing is Of Plymouth Plantation written in?
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plain style
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What style of writing is The History of the Dividing Line written in?
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Satire
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Who wrote Of Plymouth Plantation?
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William Bradford
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Who wrote A Narrative of the Captivity?
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Mary Rowlandson
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Who wrote The History of the Dividing Line?
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William Byrd
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As it happened some ages before to be the fashion to saunter to the Holy Land and go upon other Quixote adventures, so it was now grown the humor to take a trip to America.

What is Byrd comparing America to?
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The Holy Land
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Why is Byrd making fun of the early English settlers?
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because they think there is nothing to do in America
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Several repeated misadventures of this kind did for some time allay the itch of sailing to this new world, but the distemper broke out again about the year 1606.

What is there a desire for in this sentence?
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a desire to conquer
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what does Quixote adventures mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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foolish adventures
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what does modish mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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fashionable, stylish
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what does procure mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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obtain;acquire
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What is Byrd saying about the settlers in the following sentence?

...they extended themselves as far as Jamestown, wehre, like true Englishmen, they built a church that cost no more than 50 pounds and a tavern that cost 500.
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priorities not with Jesus
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What did Byrd think would solve a lot of problems in the colonies?
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Intermarriage
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What allusions are made in The History of the Dividing Line that are not very common in Puritan Writing?
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Greek and Roman Mythology
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what does fluxes mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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dysentery; severe diarrhea
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what does disdained mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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refused; disapproved of; scorned
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what does earnest mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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strong and firm in purpose; serious
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what does prevailing mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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convincing
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what does populous mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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crowded with people
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what does squeamish mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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easily offended or disgusted
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what does livres mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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former French monetary unit worth about a pound of silver
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what does propagated mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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transmitted or spread
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what does subaltern mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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subordinate; of inferior rank or position
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what does dry gripes mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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stomach cramps
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what does furies mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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violent, vengeful women. In Greek and Roman mythology, the furies are fierce avenging spirits
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what does harpies mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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evil mythological creatures with women's heads and birds' wings and legs
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what does venerable mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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deserving; respect
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what does haggard mean in The History of the Dividing Line?
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looking worn from pain, hunger, worry, or fatigue
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what is an implied metaphor?
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metaphor not directly stated in the text
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what is an inversion?
Definition
to accommodate the demands of meter and rhyme
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what does succorless mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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without aid or assistance; helpless
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who wrote Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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Anne Bradstreet
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what does that gave and took mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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allusion to Job 1:21 "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
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what does repine mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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to complain worriedly; to be displeased
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what does bereft mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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taken away; deprived
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what does piteous mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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deserving pity or compassion
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what does consume mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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burn away; destroy
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what does e'er mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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ever
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what does 'gin mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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begin
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what does abide mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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to live, as in a place; to endure or tolerate
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what is the "house on high" in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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heaven
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what is the rhyme scheme in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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AA, BB, CC, DD,.....
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what does pelf mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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wealth or worldly goods
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what does vanity mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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something valueless
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what does glory mean in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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great beauty; splendor
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what's the most important thing that matters in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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heaven/eternal life
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what is the poem Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966 written in?
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iambictetrameter
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what is the term for the name of the rhyme schemes in Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1966?
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couplets
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What things are compared in the first stanza of Huswifery?
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comparing God's grace to stages of making clothes
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How many stanzas are there in Huswifery?
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3
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How many stages are there in Huswifery?
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3
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Who wrote Huswifery?
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Edward Taylor
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what does distaff mean in Huswifery?
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on a pinning wheel, the distaff is a stick around which fibers are wound before they are spun into thread
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what do flyers mean in Huswifery?
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help control the rate of rotation on a spinning wheel
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what does wind quills mean in Huswifery?
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to put twine around a spool
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what does ordinance mean in Huswifery?
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religious rules and laws
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what are fulling mills in Huswifery?
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a place for beating, pressing, and cleaning cloth
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what does pinked mean in Huswifery?
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decorated
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what does varnished mean in Huswifery?
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embellished
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Who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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Jonathan Edwards
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what does natural men mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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people who have not been reborn
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what does abate mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God??
Definition
reduce in amount or intensity
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what does fain mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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archaic word meaning "happily" or "gladly"
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Who is the Mediator/what is a mediator in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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Jesus Christ; one who intervenes between two parties in conflict
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what does forbearance mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God??
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tolerance or resistance
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what does incensed mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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infuriated; angry
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what does affections mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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feelings
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what does closets mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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rooms for prayer and mediation
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what does prudence mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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unimaginable; beyond understanding
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what does loathsome mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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arousing hatred
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what does asunder mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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into pieces
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what does mitigation mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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moderation; softening
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What is Sodom in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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in the Bible, a city so wicked that God destroyed it, sparing only one man, Lot, and his family
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what is "Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed" mean in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
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from Genesis 19:17; words spoken by an angel of God to Lot, warning him to flee Sodom and never look back
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Which of the authors was the son of a prosperous farmer in Yorkshire, England?
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William Bradford
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when did William Bradford sail to America? Where did he land?
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1620; plymouth, massachusetts
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who created the mayflower compact?
Definition
William Bradford
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Who was the wife of a congressional minister?
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Mary Rowlandson
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Who was captured in February 1676?
Definition
Mary Rowlandson and her three children
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How long was Mary Rowlandson in captivity?
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12 weeks
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When was Mary Rowlandson's story published?
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1682
Term
who was educated in England and spent half his life there?
Definition
William Byrd
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Why did William Byrd prefer London to America?
Definition
lavish homes
witty conversation
gambling tables
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who helped found the city of Richmond?
Definition
William Byrd
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Who married at 16 years old?
Definition
Anne Bradstreet
Term
whos writing was influenced by shakespeare and other poets of the time?
Definition
Anne Bradstreet
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Who was alive from 1612-1672?
Definition
Anne Bradstreet
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Who established the Act of Uniformity in 1662?
Definition
Edward Taylor
Term
who became pastor of a church in Westfield, Mass?
Definition
Edward Taylor
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Who entered Yale when he was only 13?
Definition
Jonathan Edwards
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who mounted the pulpit in 1729?
Definition
Jonathan Edwards
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who brought on the Great Awakening?
Definition
Jonathan Edwards
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Who was known as the "Last Puritan"?
Definition
Jonathan Edwards
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