American Literature-Unit #5

Question 1

Who was the first governor of the New World?

Answer 1

William Bradford

Question 2

How did Anne Bradstreet feel about her book?

Answer 2

She thought it was flawed and had lots of mistakes

Question 3

Who courted Madam Winthrop

Answer 3

Samuel Sewell

Question 4

Who was Madam Winthrop?

Answer 4

The wife of John Winthrop

Question 5

Who was John Winthrop?

Answer 5

English-born Puritan lawyer who was governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for many years. He also wrote in a journal that later became his “History of New England…”.

Question 6

Who wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”?

Answer 6

William Bradford. He was called the “Father of American History” because he wrote America’s first history book, Of Plymouth Plantation.

Question 7

Who wrote “A Key into the Language of America”?

Answer 7

Roger William

Question 8

Who was the first poet to write verse in America?

Answer 8

Anne Bradstreet

Question 9

Who was the most widely read poet of Puritan New England and wrote the First American best-seller, “The Day of Doom”?

Answer 9

Michael Wigglesworth

Question 10

Who wrote “Meditation One”?

Answer 10

Edward Taylor

Question 11

Who wrote “The Courtship of Madam Winthrop”?

Answer 11

Samuel Sewell

Question 12

Who wrote “My Journey from Boston to New York”?

Answer 12

Sarah Kemble Knight

Question 13

Who wrote “Poor Richard’s Almanac”?

Answer 13

Benjamin Franklin

Question 14

Who wrote “Psalm 137”?

Answer 14

Timothy Dwight

Question 15

Who wrote “The Battle of the Kegs”?

Answer 15

Francis Hopkinson

Question 16

Who wrote “An Escape from Alligators”?

Answer 16

William Bartram

Question 17

Who wrote “On Being Brought from Africa to America”?

Answer 17

Phillis Wheatley

Question 18

Ballad

Answer 18

It is written to be sung or recited and tells a story of some exciting episode

Question 19

Rhythm

Answer 19

The recurrence of motion or sound

Question 20

Meter

Answer 20

When the rhythm occurs at regular intervals; measured rhythm of a poem.

Question 21

Foot

Answer 21

The pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables.

Question 22

Monosyllabic foot

Answer 22

Consisting of one accented syllable

Question 23

Blank verse

Answer 23

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 24

Allusion

Answer 24

A reference to mythology, history, or a literary work.

Question 25

Conceit

Answer 25

A strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor (when the two things being compared are so dissimilar that the comparison becomes incongruous)

Question 26

Read about Captain John Smith (1580-1631)

Answer 26

Question 27

Read about John Winthrop (1588-1649)

Answer 27

Question 28

Read about William Bradford (1590-1657)

Answer 28

Question 29

Read about Roger Williams (1603?-1683)

Answer 29

Question 30

Read about Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672)

Answer 30

Question 31

Read about Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705)

Answer 31

Question 32

Read about Edward Taylor (c.1645-1729)

Answer 32

Question 33

Read about Samuel Sewell (1652-1730)

Answer 33

Question 34

Read about Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727)

Answer 34

Question 35

Read about Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Answer 35

Question 36

Read about Timothy Dwight (1752-1817)

Answer 36

Question 37

Read about Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)

Answer 37

Question 38

Read about Phillis Wheatley (c.1753-1784)

Answer 38

Question 39

Read about William Bertram (1739-1823)

Answer 39

Question 40

Read about Noah Webster (1758-1843)

Answer 40