MIDTERM Flashcards
lessen; reduce in amount or degree
abate
although
albeit
surrounded by; in the middle of
amid
make use of; benefit
avail
of a kind disposition; request
benign
milestone; particular point in time
epoch
make a mistake
err
not able to be touched
impalpable
expressed indirectly; hinted; suggested
implied
to entreat; plead; beg
implore
unfortunate; ill-omened
inauspicious
disbelief
incredulity
unavoidable
inevitable
evil fame or reputation
infamy
sin; wickedness
iniquity
not changing or cable of being changed
invariably
spitefully mischievous
malicious
devout; religious
pious
repay
requite
not diminishing in speed, intensity, or effort
unrelenting
taking over
usurping
worthy of reverence or respect
venerable
some people came to say Heaster’s A stood for this
able
Heaster saw a distorted A in this
armor
Governor
Bellingham
Commander of the ship that brought Heaster news
Bristol
Brought Heaster bad news
Commander
Heaster and Pearl go there to intercept Dimmesdale
Forest
author
Hawthorne
a woman who works for the devil
witch
Identify Heaster Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth.
- Heaster Prynne-
Where was the first English settlement in the New World?
Virginia
What had to occur before a distinctly American literature could exist?
dependence on English literature had to be abandoned
Because colonial literature naturally reflected the interests and concerns of its writers, it is not surprising that the earliest authors wrote mostly about what?
prosperity
Once the colonist had established permanent settlements, the subject matter of literature predominantly concerned what?
religion
What is the unexpected result of captain Smith’s capture?
the Indians offer friendship and provisions
In arguing for the worthiness of colonization, Smith lists responsibilities to four powers from most important to least important. What are they?
God, King, Country, ourselves
Bradford began writing of Plymouth plantation in 1630, perhaps because?
he was afraid that the Massachusetts bay colony would overshadow the Plymouth colony
According to of Plymouth plantation what is Bradford’s attitude toward the death of the young man who is the first one on the ship to be thrown off board?
respectful of God’s providence and justice
What does Winthrop’s journal primarily focus on?
God’s providential care for the colonist
According to Winthrop’s “ Letter from Boston” one of the purposes of the letter to his wife is to what?
warn her to be prepared for the dangers of sea travel
Mrs. Rowlandson’s narrative..
emphasizes the author’s reliance on God’s providence
Although puritan theology lost its hold on American thought within two hundred years, what three aspects of puritan influence continue today?
emphasis on the work ethic, goal centered, and subservence of pleasure to duty
Name one of the non religious motives for immigration.
adventure, wealth, and a piece of land (all of these together is the American dream)
Who were the two leading figures of the great awakening?
Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield
The separatist theory of government by contract of those governed evidently influenced what eighteenth century document?
the constitution
The first consciously American voices began to speak through literature after what major event?
after the revolutionary war or war for independence
In of Plymouth plantation Bradford alludes to mount Pisgah, where Moses viewed the land promised by God to his people. What is the purpose of this biblical reference?
they didn’t know that the land would provide
Winthrop refers to what two relationships to describe civil or federal liberty?
a wife submits to her husband as the church submits to God
The puritan diary is considered the basis of what genre of literature?
autobiography and biography
In the diary by describing the damage the his house as an awful providence what does sewall mean?
the awe inspiring power of God’s providential care
What was the main motives behind the behind early migrations to New England?
religious
What maintained that the solutions to man’s problems lies in human reason rather than in the supernatural revelation of the bible?
Deism
The primary purpose of literature in early America was what?
education to understand God
In addition to the initial agreement written and signed aboard the mayflower, the colonist wrote rules of law and order as they became necessary.
.
Does Mrs. Rowlandson curse God?
No, she never curses God.
