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