1. When the mouse ate the Anglican Prayer Book but left the Bible alone, Winthrop
a) blamed the Catholics
b)thought that was a sign from God that separation from the Church of England was a good thing
c)vindicated banishing Anne Hutchinson
2. In his "Model of Christian Charity," Winthrop urges people to
a)become all that they can be
b)stay in whatever job and economic status that they had in England
c)become businessmen
d)fight the Indians
3. In the Native American story, "How Men and Women Got Together," the creator of mankind is
a) a vengeful god
b) just one of the boys known affectionately as "Old Man"
c) a woman
d) a bear-like monster
4. In "How Men and Women Got Together," the woman chief said that sex was better than
a) eating buffalo tongues
b) dancing with wolves
c) hunting rabbits
d) swimming in a blue lagoon
5. In "How the World Began," the animals
a)were indifferent to Iagetci's arrival
b)took council to provide for her
c)tried to destroy her
d)wanted to send her back to the upper world
6. In "How the World Began," Iagetci's fall from the upper world is fortunate because
a) the Sky Chief could now find another wife
b) human beings could now be created
c) there would be no more evil in the world
d) from Iagetci's body would come tuna caserole
7. The protestant ethic emphasized
a hard work in this world for the glory of God
b the rejection of this world
c the depravity of man
d the papacy
8. The puritans turned against Roger Williams because
Williams:
Answer
a believed in the separation of church and state
b was a Quaker
c was a Republican
d was a deist
9. Puritans regarded education as:
a. the work of the devil
b. inferior to religious enthusiasm
c. essential for a proper understanding of God's purposes for man
d. not as important as good works.
10. In the Narragansett Challenge,
a) the puritans challenged the group at Merry Mount to a soccer match
b) the Puritans chopped down the maypole
c) The Indians challenged the Puritans to a fight.
d) The Indians challenged the Puritans to a wrestling match
11.Taylor's "Meditation 8," was apparently written in preparation for
a) the celebration of the Lord's Supper
b) a marriage
c) a funeral
d) war
12. One of Samuel Sewall's main interests in church seemed to be
a)the music
b)the sermon
c)the widow's bench
d)the Bible
13.One concern that identifies Samuel Sewall with the Puritans is
a)lightening striking minister's houses
b)a mouse eating the Anglican Prayer Book
c)scientific objectivity
d) The Mayflower Compact
14.The puritans chopped down Morton's Maypole because
Answer
a they considered it a pagan idol
b Morton was dancing with Indian girls
c they were afraid that God's anger at Morton would reach them
d all of the above
15.
John Winthrop approved of banishing Anne Hutchinson because he considered Hutchinson
Answer
a Anglican
b Moravian
c an antinomian heritic
d Roman Catholic
16.Cotton Mather thought that the devil had sent witches to Salem because
a the Catholics wanted them
b because of the antinomians
c because the "errand" was going too well and the Devil was desperate to stop it
d because strange things were going on in his house
17.One of Ann Bradstreet's opinions that would have deeply upset most Puritans (had she spoken openly on the subject) was that
Answer
a same-sex marriage should be legal
b Catholic's are entitled to their own beliefs
c Roger Williams was an Anglican in disguise
d Bradford was an idiot
18. The central metaphor in Edward Taylor's "Huswifery" is
Answer
a a spider's web
b a spinning wheel
c an altar
d a bowling ball
19. In "The Preface" Edward Taylor asks the metaphysical question,
Answer
a "Who in this bowling alley bowled the sun?"
b "Who decreed that there should be a separation of church and state?"
c "Why does the Widow Denison urge me to desist?"
d "Why did God create spiders?"
20. The "topsail halyards" in Of Plymouth Plantation
Answer
a saved a young man who fell overboard
b cause the Mayflower to go adrift
c cause a non-puritan to die.
d are destroyed by a Popish plot.