U7 L6 John Bunyan

Question 1

What occupations did John Bunyan take up?

Answer 1

writer and preacher

Question 2

What does episode mean?

Answer 2

brief unit of action/incident

Question 3

What is a pilgrim?

Answer 3

• person who journeys to another land

- travels to holy shrine

Question 4

What does universal mean?

Answer 4

• covering without limit

- occurring everywhere

Question 5

When was John Bunyan born?

Answer 5

1628

Question 6

Who was John Bunyan the son of?

Answer 6

tinker (mender of household utensils)

Question 7

At 16, Bunyan was drafted into which army?

Answer 7

Parliamentary Army

Question 8

What influenced Bunyan’s work?

Answer 8

• Bible study
• his sermons
• military experiences

Question 9

In 1653, what church did Bunyan join and began preaching his own sermons?

Answer 9

Baptist Church in Bedford

Question 10

In 1656, what was the tract Bunyan published?

Answer 10

Some Gospel Truths Opened

Question 11

What was ‘Some Gospel Truths Opened’ published against?

Answer 11

jeering Quakers

Question 12

At the restoration of Charles II, what was the Act Bunyan was found disobeying?

Answer 12

Conventicle Act

Question 13

What did the Conventicle act forbid?

Answer 13

Nonconformists to preach/publish

Question 14

How many years was Bunyan imprisoned for disobeying the Conventicle Act?

Answer 14

12

Question 15

Where was most of Bunyan’s writing done?

Answer 15

prison

Question 16

In 1666, what did Bunyan write?

Answer 16

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Question 17

What was ‘Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners’ about?

Answer 17

Bunyan’s religious struggles

Question 18

What was ‘The Holy City’ influenced by?

Answer 18

Book of Revelation

Question 19

In 1672, what was the name of the account of Bunyan’s faith?

Answer 19

A Confession of My Faith and a Reason of My Practice

Question 20

When was Pilgrim’s progress published?

Answer 20

1678

Question 21

In 1680, what was the allegory Bunyan published?

Answer 21

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman

Question 22

What was ‘The Life and Death of Mr. Badman’ about?

Answer 22

man who becomes a hypocritical Christian

Question 23

In 1682, what did Bunyan publish that tells of his military experiences?

Answer 23

The Holy War

Question 24

What is ‘The Holy War’ about?

Answer 24

• social allegory

- Mansoul town needing salvation

Question 25

In 1684, what did Bunyan make a second part for? What is it about?

Answer 25

Pilgrim’s progress

-fate of Christian’s wife and family

Question 26

When did Bunyan die?

Answer 26

1688

Question 27

Who narrates the events of Pilgrim’s progress?

Answer 27

person telling a dream

Question 28

Where was Pilgrim’s Progress widely read?

Answer 28

• Puritan New England

- England

Question 29

What is Bunyan’s writing style like?

Answer 29

• simple and direct

- lacks difficult classical reference

Question 30

The Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegorical journey from which places?

Answer 30

City of Destruction to Celestial City

Question 31

Where is Christian from?

Answer 31

Bedfordshire

Question 32

Suspense in Pilgrim’s Progress continues from what?

Answer 32

episode to episode

Question 33

What is an allegory?

Answer 33

• form of comparison lengthened into story

- objects, persons, actions represent doctrine or theme

Question 34

Characters in allegories are usually personifications of what?

Answer 34

abstractions

Question 35

What does Christian fear?

Answer 35

dying and being judged