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American Lit. Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What book of the Bible was the primary basis for the law of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? | Leviticus |
| Mary Rowlandson's captivity took place during what Indian war? | King Philip's War |
| The Puritan diary is considered the basis of what genre of literature? | Autobiography and Biography |
| Whatwas the main motive behind the early migrations to new England? | Religious |
| Samuel Sewall is often referred to as the first what? | Yankee |
| With what colony is Byrd primarily associated? | Virginia |
| In a Description of New England, what does Smith argue is the primary motivation to convert the Indians? | Religion |
| What does Sewall's diary include? | Honest details of what he thought in both his public and private life |
| In the Diary, by describing the damage to his house as an "awful providence," what does Sewall mean? | The awe-inspiring power of God's providence |
| What does Deism maintain the solution to man's problems lies in. | Human reasoning, not the revelation of the Bible |
| The History of the Dividing Line is a journal of what observations? | The surveying if the Virginia and North Carolina boundary |
| Phaenomena is a pamphlet on the meaning of what book of the Bible? | Revelation |
| The Seperatists theory of government influnced what 18th century document? | The Constitution |
| What was the primary purpose of literature in early America? | Instruction |
| How did Mrs. Rowlandson feel toward God after discovering what was happening to her daughter's body? | Trusted in Him for preserving her during her distressing time and commited her dead child, and herself, to Him |
| How does Sewall end the diary entry regarding the damage to his house? | He says it was a sorrowful thing to see his house so far undone again before it was finished |