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1
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Although

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Albeit

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2
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Of a kind disoosition;gentle or mild.

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Benign

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3
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Expressed indirectly; hinted; suggested

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Implied

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4
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Disbelief

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Incredulity

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5
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Not changing or capable of being changed.

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Invariably

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Not diminishing in speech, intensive or effort.

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Unrelenting

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7
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Make a mistake

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Err

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8
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Evil fame or reputation

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Infamy

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9
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Devout; religious

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Pious

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10
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Worthy of reverence or respect.

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Venerable

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11
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Spitefully mischievous

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Malicious

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12
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Surrounded by; in the middle of

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Amid

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13
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Sin; wickedness

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Iniquity

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14
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Repay

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Requite

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15
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Lesson; reduce in amount or degree

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Abate

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16
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Unavoidable

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Inevitable

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17
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Milestone; particular point in time.

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Epoch

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18
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Not able to be touched.

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Impalpable

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19
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Taking over

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Usurping

20
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To entreat; plead; beg

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Implore

21
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The government

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Bellingham

22
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Author

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Hawthorne

23
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Hester’s husband

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Chillingworth

24
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Brought Hester bad news

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Bristol

25
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illegitimate daughter of Hester

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Pearl

26
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A woman who works for the devil

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Witch

27
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She must wear a letter A

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Hester

28
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Hester and Pearl go there to intercept Dimmesdale.

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Forest

29
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What emblem did Hester have to wear?(short ans)

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Letter A

30
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What did the letter stand for ?

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Adultery

31
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Describes Pearl

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Beautiful and unusual

32
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What does Rev. Dimmesdale’s congregation think to him?

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They think he’s practically a saint

33
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When they met at scaffolding at midnight what did Pearl ask Mr.Dimmesdale?

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If he would stand hand in hand with her and Hester on the scaffolding.

34
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In chapter 13 what were people beginning to think of Hester?

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They were beginning to recognize her as a person instead of as just a sinner.

35
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What had to occur before a distinctly American literature could exist?

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Dependence on English literature had to be abandoned.

36
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Because colonial literature naturally reflected the interests and concerns of its writers, it is not surprising that the earliest authors wrote mostly about?

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Adversity

37
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Once the colonists had established permanent settlements, the subject matter of literature predominantly concerned.

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Religion

38
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In arguing for the worthiness of colonization, Smith lists responsibilities to four powers from most to least important.which order is correct?

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God, king, country, ourselves

39
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Bradford began writing of Plymouth Plantation in 1630, perhaps because ?

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He was afraid that the Massachusetts Bay Colony would overshadow the Plymouth colony.

40
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Winthrop’s Journal primarily focuses on

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God’s providential care for the colonists.

41
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According to Winthrop’s “Letter from Boston ,”one of the purposes of the letter to his wife is to ?

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Warn her to be prepared for the dangers of sea travel.

42
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Mrs.Rowlandson’s narrative

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Emphasizes the author’s reliance on God’s providence

43
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The first consciously American voices began to speak through literature after what major event? (Short ans)

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Revolutionary War

44
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Winthrop refers to what two relationships to describe civil or federal liberty? (Short ans)

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Wife submission to her husband

Church submission to God

45
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The Puritan diary is considered the basis of what genre of literture? (Short ans)

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Autobiography, and Biography

46
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In The Diary, by describing the damage to his house as an “awful providence,” what does Sewall mean? (Short ans)

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Providence mean awe inspiring power of God’s providence

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