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1
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What was the essential principle in translating?

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No embellishments

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2
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What was the first book printed in this country?

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The bay psalm book, it remained in New England churches for nearly 150 years

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3
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How would the translators represent each verse?

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It doer feared one stanza and stanzas of four lines

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4
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How is the language discribes?

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As simple

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5
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How many syllables per line?

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6 to 8

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6
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How was roger Williams influential?

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His belief of separation of church and state changed view of political and religious groups

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7
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What did Williams do after he left the bay colony?

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Rhode Island

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8
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Even though Williams remained outside the church what did he do?

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Preach to the Indians

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9
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What did Williams believe?

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That religious conviction does not exempt a person from normal obligations of citizenship

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10
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Why did he write a key into the language of America?

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To introduce the Narragansett Indian language to English speaking people

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11
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What did Anne Bradstreet accomplish?

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Writing a sizable body of verse

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12
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What else did Anne Bradstreet accomplish?

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Recording the touchingly human drama of Puritan life

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13
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What are brad streets catogories?

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Religious and domestic

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14
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What shows an appreciation of God’s nature that leads to appreciation of God’s majesty?

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Contemplations

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15
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This poem does not show Anne questioning God’s purpose, nor her lack of faith, she never questions God.

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On my dear grandchild

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16
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She determines God is just because all of her goods and belongings belong to God himself.

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Burning of our house

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17
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Finest love poem out of Puritan New England.

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To my dear and loving husband

18
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What poetic device is shown with Bradstreet?

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Paradox

19
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In meditations Devine and moral, what is authority without wisdom?

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An axe without and edge

20
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Who was not well known?

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Edward Taylor

21
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What else did Taylor do besides being a pastor?

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Physician and organizer of defense against the Indians

22
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What does the marriage metaphor emphasize?

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Incarnation

23
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What does God’s love do?

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Overflow hell

24
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What does Taylor claim in the experience?

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His relationship with God is better than that of the Angels

25
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What does the line flesh of my flesh mean?

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a spiritual allusion is one between God and himself

26
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Why does Taylor want God to be his spectacles?

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so taylor can examine himself from God’s perspective to see if he had God’s image

27
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What is conceit?

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a striking, elaborate, comparison carried our in considerable detail

28
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What is huswifery?

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the entire poem is a prayer

29
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What does God’s denominations emphasize?

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God’s plan of redemption for the sinner and spiritual growth for the believer

30
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What does his glorious handiwork not made by hands illustrate?

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irony

31
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What was the main theme of Edwards writings?

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that religious knowledge must be in the heart, not just in the head

32
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What was his level of education?

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he didn’t have a formal education, but a great one

33
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What do literary critics have a hard time doing?

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putting Edwards writings in the history of American thought

34
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What age did he become a believer?

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age 18

35
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As a revival spread what was one of Edward’s concerns?

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it was difficult to distinguish true believers from those who just professed Christ

36
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What did he contribute to

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the revival: the great awakening

37
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Why did Edwards resign?

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bc of his dissatisfaction

38
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What is ironic about Edwards writings?

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his best work came after he resigned

39
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Who did he direct his mission work to?

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the Indians

40
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How did Edwards die?

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from smallpox in 1758

41
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What was the main theme of sinners in the hand of an angry God?

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there is nothing that keeps wicked out of hell except God

42
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What was the bible verse of sinners?

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duet. 32:35

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