Homework Quiz 1 And 2 True Or False

Question 1

The new worlds natural environment was a vast, rugged desert region.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The new environment was initially a frightening reality to colonists in which disease, animals, harsh weather, and starvation posed mortal dangers

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Religious people portrayed the wilderness as sacred place filled with angels

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Native American songs and legends showed the connection between people and nature

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A theme is a central idea or literary insight in a literary work

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Three themes dominated early American literature: wilderness, finance, and individualism

Answer 6

False

Question 7

American colonists realized that there were unique features about their new environment that had nothing in common with their previous European experience

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Early American writers reflected the social and political forces of their society, and they also influenced those same forces

Answer 8

True

Question 9

One of the many roles of American writers was that of Revolutionary writers whose great political writing helped to inspire the Revolution

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Smith praised the leader before him as accomplishing great things

Answer 10

False

Question 11

John smith,made himself a hero in this narrative by writing the piece in third person. He did not refer to himself as I but as captain Smith as if someone elsewhere praising his character and accomplishments. He pictured himself in this way as saving everyone and accomplishing all things easily that no one else could accomplish.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Smith was a failure, and the colony do not succeed

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Smith referred to the Native Americans as barbarians and savages

Answer 13

True

Question 14

When smith was captured, Pocahontas saved him

Answer 14

True

Question 15

John smith was a modest, humble leader

Answer 15

False

Question 16

During the first winter, the pilgrims were very comfortable

Answer 16

False

Question 17

During the first winter, many pilgrims suffered from scurvy, and many died of other illnesses

Answer 17

True

Question 18

In this narrative, William Bradford is conveying the idea that the pilgrims perseverance, courage, and faith in God allowed them to surmount enormous odds and to make a new life in the new world

Answer 18

True

Question 19

During the voyage to the new world, the mayflower needed repairs

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The pilgrims helped one another deal with illnesses that first winter

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The pilgrims experiences during that first winter suggest that plymouths climate was pleasant and that its landscape was lush and bountiful and easily supplied their needs

Answer 21

False

Question 22

On the ocean, pilgrims experienced fierce storms

Answer 22

True

Question 23

William Bradford and the other pilgrims showed gratitude to God for their survival

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The colonists who settled in Plymouth had faced a long ocean voyage, confronted a strange new land, and faced a harsh winter

Answer 24

True