English Literature MCQs

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This is the title of a famous Puritan sermon______________?
A. A bird in the hand
B. Hands of satan
C. Sinners in the hand…
D. Sins of the world
About Edward Taylor_____________?
A. Wrote huswifery in an ornate style that wouldn’t have been accepted by the puritans
B. Wrote a poem about his house burning down
C. Was exiled to the new world because he wouldn’t talk to the church of england
D. A and c
Bartolome de Las Casas wrote_____________?
A. The devastation of the indies
B. Flor y canto
C. A very old MAN with enormous wings
D. Hopskotch
What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Samuel Sewall ?
A. Anti-slavery
B. Father of american poetry
C. Pro slavery
D. Father of american liteature
The use of a etcetera in the final line is_____________?
A. Euphemism
B. Empathy
C. Alliteration
D. Onomatopoeia
Define oral tradition______________?
A. The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions after it has been written down.
B. The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a single generation within and between nonliterate cultures
C. The use of “like” or “as” to draw a comparison between two unlike things
D. The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate cultures by word of mouth
The Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay were non-separating Puritans, which meant ?
A. They did not want to disassociate from the church of england
B. Separate from church of england
C. Start their own beliefs
D. Create seperation