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SALT Am Lit Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After leaving Bay Colony, Williams started a colony in what present-day state? | Rhode Island |
| What book was popular in the New World and commonly used in New England churches for over 150 years? | The Bay Psalm Book |
| What Bible verse does Edwards use for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"? | Their foot shall slide in due time; Deuteronomy 32:35 |
| Understand why Edwards uses the second person pronoun 'you' in the second sentence of the "Application" sentence of "Sinners.....God" | Read this section and be prepared to answer with your opinion |
| According to Meditation 1.1, what overflows hell? | God's love |
| Williams believed that religious conviction did not exempt man from what? | Normal obligations of citizenship |
| What did Williams continue to due in his latter years? | Preach to the Indians |
| From what did Bradstreet's poems grow from/Illustrate? | Her New England experience/the human dimension of Puritan literature |
| What 2 categories can Bradstreet's poems be divided into? | Religious and domestic |
| Does Bradstreet express rebellion against treatment of women in her day? | No, she glories in her responsibilities of a woman, wife and mother |
| What does "On My Dear Grandchild" suggest about God's purpose in the death of a loved one? | It shows lack of faith to question it |
| What helped Edwards be able to converse with and challenge intellectuals of his day? | A strong, formal education |
| How does "The Preface" end | The tragedy that gives way to the fall of man |
| Besides a pastor, what other roles did Taylor fill? | Physician, organizer of defenses against the Indians |
| How was Taylor's poetry made known, why? | Discovered in a Yale Library more than 200 years after his death because, it is rumored, he requested his heirs preserve it but not publish it |
| Why did many church members who heard Edwards remain unconverted? | The church's relaxed membership, allowing people to join the church who hadn't been converted |
| What is the main theme of Edwards's writings? | Religious knowledge must be in the heart, nit just in the head |
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