Scarlet Letter Test

Question 1

What was the general genre of puritan literature?

Answer 1

Journals, diaries, and letters that record the greatest adventures of man- opening and settling the western hemisphere

Question 2

What were the two types of settlers?

Answer 2

Pilgrims and Puritans

Question 3

Puritans

Answer 3

• Wanted to “purify” the Church of England by simplifying the services and abolishing the presence of anything not in the Bible
  -Wanted to eliminate rituals and integrate religion into daily life in a simple way
  -Theocracy
  -Established Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 4

Pilgrims

Answer 4

-Came for religous reasons
-typical settlement was a village community
-arrived at plymouth
-Viewed practices of the Church of England beyond modification and sought to begin all over and separate themselves completely from the church

Question 5

all natural phenomena are explained as being the will of God. All unnatural occurrences are attributed to witches who are believed to be agents of the devil

Answer 5

Supremacy of Divine Will

Question 6

because Adam disobeyed God, all humans are naturally depraved. Puritan ministers depict their congregations as being irretrievably damned and entirely sinful in nature.

Answer 6

Depravity of Man

Question 7

After Adam sinned, a second covenant was made through a sacrifice of Christ, but only a few, the “elect” would benefit. Puritians have no way of knowing whether or not they are of the elect

Answer 7

Doctrine of the elect

Question 8

Only the elect receive free grace (forgiveness). Free grace can not be attained by good behavior because the elect are arbitrarily chosen

Answer 8

Free grace

Question 9

The government is controlled by and made up of ministers and church members. The church and civil government are the same.

Answer 9

Theocratic Government

Question 10

Who’s work was intensely religious focused on salvation, sinfulness, and a love of Christ?

Answer 10

Edward Taylor

Question 11

Who wrote Huswifery?

Answer 11

Edward Taylor

Question 12

Who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?

Answer 12

Jonathan Edwards

Question 13

Who’s wrtiing was intense sermons brought about by the Great Awakening?

Answer 13

Jonathan Edwards

Question 14

Who wrote from the Plymouth Plantation?

Answer 14

William Bradford

Question 15

Who’s writing was a manuscript that told the history of the pilgrims?

Answer 15

William Bradford

Question 16

Who wrote Upon the Burning of Our House?

Answer 16

Anne Bradstreet

Question 17

Who’s writing was poetry that was about religion, religious beliefs, and God?

Answer 17

Anne Bradstreet

Question 18

style

Answer 18

A manner of doing something.

Question 19

metaphor

Answer 19

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 20

allusion

Answer 20

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 21

structure

Answer 21

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

Question 22

theme

Answer 22

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Question 23

plain style

Answer 23

something written simple and straightforward

Question 24

connotation

Answer 24

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Question 25

figurative language

Answer 25

type of communication that does not use a word’s strict or realistic meaning

Question 26

setting

Answer 26

Where a story takes place

Question 27

narrator

Answer 27

A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.

Question 28

extended metaphor

Answer 28

a literary term referring to when a writer compares unrelated objects or ideas with figurative language for more than a sentence

Question 29

conceit

Answer 29

Excessive pride in oneself.

Question 30

sermon

Answer 30

A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.

Question 31

persuasion

Answer 31

The action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.

Question 32

inverted syntax

Answer 32

form of sentence structure that is commonly used to form questions

Question 33

rhyme scheme

Answer 33

he ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Question 34

non-fiction

Answer 34

based on real events and is the real events

Question 35

logos

Answer 35

The Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, identified in the Gospel of John with the second person of the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ.

Question 36

ethos

Answer 36

The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.

Question 37

pathos

Answer 37

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.