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1
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lessen; reduce in amount or degree

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abate

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although

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albeit

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surrounded by; in the middle of

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amid

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make use of; benefit

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avail

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of a kind disposition; request

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benign

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milestone; particular point in time

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epoch

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7
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make a mistake

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err

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not able to be touched

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impalpable

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expressed indirectly; hinted; suggested

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implied

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to entreat; plead; beg

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implore

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unfortunate; ill-omened

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inauspicious

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12
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disbelief

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incredulity

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13
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unavoidable

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inevitable

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14
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evil fame or reputation

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infamy

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sin; wickedness

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iniquity

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not changing or cable of being changed

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invariably

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17
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spitefully mischievous

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malicious

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18
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devout; religious

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pious

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19
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repay

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requite

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20
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not diminishing in speed, intensity, or effort

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unrelenting

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21
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taking over

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usurping

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22
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worthy of reverence or respect

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venerable

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23
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some people came to say Heaster’s A stood for this

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able

24
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Heaster saw a distorted A in this

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armor

25
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Governor

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Bellingham

26
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Commander of the ship that brought Heaster news

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Bristol

27
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Brought Heaster bad news

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Commander

28
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Heaster and Pearl go there to intercept Dimmesdale

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Forest

29
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author

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Hawthorne

30
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a woman who works for the devil

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witch

31
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Identify Heaster Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth.

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  • Heaster Prynne-
32
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Where was the first English settlement in the New World?

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Virginia

33
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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

34
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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 what?

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prosperity

35
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Once the colonist had established permanent settlements, the subject matter of literature predominantly concerned what?

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religion

36
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What is the unexpected result of captain Smith’s capture?

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the Indians offer friendship and provisions

37
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In arguing for the worthiness of colonization, Smith lists responsibilities to four powers from most important to least important. What are they?

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God, King, Country, ourselves

38
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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

39
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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?

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respectful of God’s providence and justice

40
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What does Winthrop’s journal primarily focus on?

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God’s providential care for the colonist

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

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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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Although puritan theology lost its hold on American thought within two hundred years, what three aspects of puritan influence continue today?

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emphasis on the work ethic, goal centered, and subservence of pleasure to duty

44
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Name one of the non religious motives for immigration.

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adventure, wealth, and a piece of land (all of these together is the American dream)

45
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Who were the two leading figures of the great awakening?

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Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield

46
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The separatist theory of government by contract of those governed evidently influenced what eighteenth century document?

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the constitution

47
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The first consciously American voices began to speak through literature after what major event?

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after the revolutionary war or war for independence

48
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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?

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they didn’t know that the land would provide

49
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Winthrop refers to what two relationships to describe civil or federal liberty?

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a wife submits to her husband as the church submits to God

50
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The puritan diary is considered the basis of what genre of literature?

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autobiography and biography

51
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In the diary by describing the damage the his house as an awful providence what does sewall mean?

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the awe inspiring power of God’s providential care

52
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What was the main motives behind the behind early migrations to New England?

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religious

53
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What maintained that the solutions to man’s problems lies in human reason rather than in the supernatural revelation of the bible?

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Deism

54
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The primary purpose of literature in early America was what?

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education to understand God

55
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In addition to the initial agreement written and signed aboard the mayflower, the colonist wrote rules of law and order as they became necessary.

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.

56
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Does Mrs. Rowlandson curse God?

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No, she never curses God.

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