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1
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“The animals said they would try to get some. One by one the diving birds and animals tried and failed…finally the muskrat said he would try.”

Name the passage of this work

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“The World on a Turtle’s Back”

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What does the left handed twin want the mountain lion to do? (WOTB)

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eat the deer

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Left-handed twin is for: (WOTB)

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war, preparing war

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Right-handed twin is for: (WOTB)

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the daylight realm

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What do the twins represent (WOTB)

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balance in the world

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What does this creation myth explain about the Iroquois dance rituals? (WOTB)

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People dance in the same direction as the sun.

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“The animals said thy would try to get some. One by one the diving birds and animals tried and failed…finally the muskrat said he would try.”

What literary device is used? (WOTB)

A

Personification

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“Some say she slipped. Some say that her husband, fed up with all the demands she had made on him, pushed her.”

What literary device is used in this passage? (WOTB)

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Idiom

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9
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The right-handed twin is angry with the left-handed twin because… (WOTB)

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The left-handed twin killed their mother.

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When the woman falls from the sky, the birds’ actions show that animals… (WOTB)

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care about the gods and have a special relationship with the gods

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11
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The left-handed twin’s choice of weapon suggests that he… (WOTB)

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knows that his brother is supposed to win

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12
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Why does the man go to the Great Tree at the beginning of the myth? (WOTB)

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He wants to make his wife happy

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The Great Tree is important in the Iroquois’ creation myth because the tree’s roots… (WOTB)

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provide the earth’s platnts

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The diversity of plants on the Great Tree is important to the creation myths of the Iroquois because the tree’s… (WOTB)

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Roots bring many plants to earth

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The Iroquois call the right-handed twin the “Master of Life” because he… (WOTB)

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represents the sun, which is vital for all life.

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16
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As a preacher, Jonathan Edwards uses his sermon to.. (S)

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frighten his congregation into seizing the opportunity to come back to Puritanism and revise salvation.

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17
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Edwards compares each of his listeners to “a spider or some loathsome insect held over the fire” in order to stress human being’s…. (S)

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powerlessness in comparison to God

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18
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Edwards presents God as being who… (S)

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is often angry and vegeful

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All of the following are images sed by Jonathan Edwards to scare his audience EXCEPT

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a wide, gaping canyon

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Who is the author of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

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Jonathan Edwards

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Which of these people or forces does the sermon indicate is the most powerful? (S)

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God

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Toward the end of the sermon, Edward’s tone shifts from.. (S)

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Frightening to hopeful

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23
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Edward’s vivid description of hell is intended to… (S)

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frighten his audience

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The use of biblical quotation at the end of Edward’s sermon strengthens his argument by.. (S)

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Associating it with an authority respected by the audience.

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25
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The “hope and treasure” that the speaker refers to at the end of “ Upon the Burning of the House” represent?

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eternal life and happiness from faith in God.

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26
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Which description from “UBH” shows the speaker’s belief that faith in God is more important that earthly possessions?

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“mold’ring dust”

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27
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What does the personification in lines 8-10 of “UBH” reveal about the speaker?

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She prays to God in times of trouble

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28
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Which sentence best restates lines 1-2 of “UBH” indicates that the speaker misses her home after it burns down?

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“There lay that store I counted best”

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29
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The speaker of “UBH” reveals her belief that God is protective when she says that God will…

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provide everything she needs

30
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“In silence ever shalt thou lie; Adieu Adieu, all’s vanity.”

Name the work of this passage.

A

“Upon the Burning of My House”

31
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Who is the author or “Upon the Burning of My House”?

A

Anne Bradstreet

32
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Line 7 of “To my Dear and Loving Husband” uses a metaphor to compare…

A

love and thirst

33
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What does the speaker claim at the beginning of “To my Dearest and Loving Husband” ?

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Her relationship is the best that there ever was

34
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Bradstreet’s uses hyperbole in the first four lines of “To my Dearest and Loving Husband” to exaggerate the truth that…

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She and her husband love each other

35
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Who is the Author of “To my Dearest and Loving Husband”?

A

Anne Bradstreet

36
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” I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold”

What literary device is being employed?

A

hyperbole

37
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Clarify the meaning of line 8 from “TMDLH” which sentence best restates the line?

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Nothing but your love can repay me for my love.

38
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The last lines of “TMDLH” reveal the speaker’s..

A

Strong belief in eternal life and God

39
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What might Patrick Henry have done to emphasize his point:
“ There is no retreat but in submission and slaver! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!”

A

Sped up his pace to stir emotion and excitement in his audience

40
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What does marital mean?

A

warlike

41
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“Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.”

What literary device is being employed in this passage?

A

Biblical allusion

42
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Is something is invincible, it is

A

unbeatable

43
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“Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.”

What is this passage from?

A

Speech at the Virginia Convention

44
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Henry begins his speech with

A

police references to other speakers

45
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What does Insidious mean?

A

stealthy

46
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Henry sees the basic question of the debate as a choice between

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freedom and slavery

47
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What might Henry have done to emphasize the following lines from his speech?
“If life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it. Almighty God!”

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Increased volume of his voice

48
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Supinely means

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lying face upward in a helpless manner

49
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Who is the author of the Speech at the Virginian Convention?

A

Patrick Henry

50
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Henry says that he British obviously want to subdue the colonies because the British have? (SVC)

A

Sent their army and navy

51
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Vigilant means?

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Watchful

52
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Henry urges his listeners to distrust the British because they.. (SVC)

A

smile while they prepare for war

53
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Henry most likely makes polite references to other speakers to… (SVC)

A

make them want to listen to his speech

54
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Why does Henry say that “room for hope” is gone?

A

The colonies tried to handle their problems peacefully, but the British mistreated them.

55
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What does Insidious mean?

A

treacherous

56
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“Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss”

Who is the author

A

Patrick Henry

57
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What literary device is being used:
“Shall we not resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not already been exhausted? “

A

Rhetorical question

58
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To extentuate means to:

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lessen

59
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If someone is invincible, he is…

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incapable of being beaten

60
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If something is inviolate, it is

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Intact

61
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Henry says “we must fight! I repeat is sir, we must fight!” The repetition would have caused Henry’s patiotic audience to … (SVC)

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react warmly and enthusiastically

62
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To extentuate means to

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lessen the seriousness of

63
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What does the poet of “Housewifery use to show the practicing faith is an everyday activity?

A

a metaphor that compares practicing faith to making cloth

64
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Housewifery uses what metaphor compares the speaker with a loom and God with a weaver suggests about Puritan life?

A

Making cloth at home is an everyday activity

65
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“Make me oh lord, thy spinning wheel complete/ thy holy word my distaff make me” what is this from/.

A

“Housewifery”

66
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In “Burning House” poet uses poetry to express that

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God doesn’t desert peopel

67
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What literary device is used to “Housewifery”

A

extended metaphors

68
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Clarifying the meaning of lines 11-12 from “HW” which sentence best restates the lines?

A

dye and decorate the fabric with the best colors of heaven

69
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Who is the author of “Huswifery”?

A

Edward Taylor

70
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In “Huswifery,” the poet compares the speaker to..

A

a loom

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