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Edward Taylor was a Puritan minister.

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true

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When Taylor's child dies, the child dies peacefully in its sleep.

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false

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Edward Taylor compares his children to flowers in God's garden.

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true

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In "Huswifery," Taylor asks God to make his body an instrument like a spinning wheel so that he may produce good products for God.

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true

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Edward Taylor wrote these poems in preparation for Communion and as an act of devotion to God.

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true

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During his lifetime, only a few friends read Edward Taylor's poems.

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true

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Edward Taylor expected that his heirs would

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never publish his manuscript

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Where was Edward Taylor born?

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Sketchley, Leicestershire, England

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Taylor married THREE times and had 21 children, most of whom died in infancy.

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false

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Which of the following are true about Edward Taylor?

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All of the answers are correct.

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Which of these statements is true?

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Mary Rowlandson was rescued from her captivity.

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Mary Rowlandson believed her captivity made her a stronger Christian.

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True

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Mary Rowlandson's infant child who was injured during the Indian raid died.

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True

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Wampanoag and their Narraganset allies took several settlers captive and held them for ransom; among these captives was Mary White Rowlandson, the wife of a Congregationalist minister.

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True

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Why did Mary Rowlandson decide to write her story?

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all of these

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Mary Rowlandson was captured in what became known as King Phillip's War.

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True

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Mary Rowlandson was a minister's wife.

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True

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Rowlandson became one of the most celebrated victims of King Philip's War.

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True

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King Philip was chief of the __________________ Indians.

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Wampanoag

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King Philip, son of Massasoit, was named Metacomet.

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True

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In 1879, Henry James called Nathaniel Hawthorne "the most valuable example of American genius."

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True

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Young Goodman Brown and his wife live in

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Salem Village

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In "Young Goodman Brown," the first person the Brown meets is

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a mysterious man

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Goody Cloyse is traveling to the meeting place by which method when she meets the devil?

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on foot

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Young Goodman Brown lives a long life and dies

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a gloomy old man

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Young Goodman Brown sees his wife at the gathering and

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begs her to resist the Wicked One.

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Young Goodman Brown tells his wife he must be attend a meeting

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that very night--before sunrise

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Who says this in "Young Goodman Brown"? "You are late, Goodman Brown," said he. "The clock of the Old South was striking as I came through Boston, and that is full fifteen minutes agone."

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the mysterious stranger

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The devil says the deacons of many a church have shared communion wine with him.

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True

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Who is Goody Cloyse in "Young Goodman Brown"?

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Brown's spiritual advisor

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At the end of "Young Goodman Brown," the reader learns that Deacon Gookin is the devil.

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False

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In "Young Goodman Brown," Deacon Gookin looks forward to the night's meeting because he expects the Indians to come, and they know as much deviltry as the group to which he belongs.

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True

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What is the significance of the setting in "Young Goodman Brown"?

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it was the site of the notorious witch trials

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In the beginning of "Young Goodman Brown," Brown's wife, Faith, begs him to

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delay his journey

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Hawthorne died in his sleep in May 1864 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire.

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True

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Edgar Allan Poe was an extremely financially successful writer during his lifetime.

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False

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In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montressor is a murderer.

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True

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The narrator of "The Cask of Amontillado" murders his friend by burning the friend alive.

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False

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Montressor is an expert in recognizing rare wines in "The Cask of Amontillado."

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False

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Because of Science, the old myths about nymphs and nature have lost their power, and poets can no longer dream easily, according to the speaker in "Sonnet to Science."

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True

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A sonnet consists of fourteen lines, which in the Shakespearean form can be divided into three heroic quatrains and one heroic couplet, where the overall rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. agree/disagree?

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agree

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Before he enters the Usher mansion, the narrator notes "a barely imperceptible fissure" in the building, an example of

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foreshadowing

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In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montressor murders Fortunato because Fortunato has injured and insulted Montressor; Montressor seeks revenge.

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True

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Poe is credited with contributing to the creation of this genre:

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gothic literature

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Which of these is true in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

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Roderick Usher is the narrator's old friend

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In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Roderick Usher is all except the following: -blind -deranged -nervous -overly sensitive

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blind

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Roderick and his sister are the only surviving members of an ancient family.

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True

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In "Sonnet to Science," the narrator argues that science has

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damaged the poet's imagination

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In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Madeline Usher suffers from an illness which causes her to experience a comatose condition.

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True

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Which of the following is true regarding Edgar Allan Poe? -He married his 13 year old cousin. -He was not mentioned in his step-father's will. -He was raging drunk most of his life. -All the answers are correct.

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All the answers are correct.

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Indian wars in New England fueled the witchcraft hysteria because the "black man" in popular imagination evoked both the devil and Indians.

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True

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Cotton Mather was a Puritan minister who publicly apologized for his participation in the witch hysteria later in life.

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False

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The Salem witchcraft trials lasted over a period of two years.

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False

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Mather's greatest literary defect was his style.

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True

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In Magnalia Christi Americani (1702), Mather reports on mixed Indian and Christian beliefs and practices.

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True

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According to Mather, the "infernal spirits often killed persons, caused lameness and impotency, as well as showed their art in performing things beyond human" skill.

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True

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Massachusetts succumbed to witchcraft fever in 1492.

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False

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When he was ten years old, Cotton Mather was admitted to Harvard.

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False

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Which of these statements is true?

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All of these statements are true.

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Bridget Bishop was indicted with Mary Warren and Giles Cory during the Salem witchcraft trials, and she became the first person to be hanged.

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True

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Anne Bradstreet's book of poetry was the first published volume of poems written by a resident in the New World and was widely read.

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true

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According to Puritan beliefs, God "saves" those He wishes to--only a few are selected for salvation. This concept is called predestination.

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true

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Anne Bradstreet came to America from England with John Winthrop's Puritan group in 1630.

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true

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Bradstreet suffered the loss of several of her children early in her life.

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false

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Anne Bradstreet tells the reader that men are superior to women many times in her opening poem, "Prologue." She says that her "unrefined ore" will make their glist'ring gold shine all the more.

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true

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In "Upon the Burning of Our House," Anne Bradstreet says her true house is in heaven.

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true

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In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," Anne Bradstreet asks for protection for her children in case they ever get married.

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false

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Although it was unusual for women at that time, Anne Bradstreet received an education superior to that of most young women. Her father took great care to see that she was well educated before her marriage.

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true

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Anne Bradstreet wrote in one of the "Meditations" written for her children that she

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all of the answers are correct

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John Smith was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation.

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false

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In May 1607, three boatloads of English settlers sponsored by the Virginia Company of London anchored near the swampy shores of Chesapeake Bay.

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true

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John Smith was an aggressive self-promoter who wrote and published a history of the ______________________ colony in 1624.

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Virginia

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John Smith wrote about his experiences with the ___________________ Indians.

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Powhatan

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John Smith was captured by French Pirates, so he wrote about it to take his mind off his misery.

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true

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The trip to the New World for John Smith and his companions was sponsored by

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the Virginia Company of London

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John Smith was exhibited in several Indian villages before being brought to the village where _______________ was the emperor.

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Powhatan

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John Smith was saved from death to make Pochontas bells and to make Powhatan hatchets, according to his account.

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true

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John Smith was left, along with how many others?

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50

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What did they eat during the hard times?

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fish and crabs

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Smith was a leader among which early settlers?

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Jamestown

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The company included many people, but lacked which essential laborers?

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skilled artisans

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Native Americans north of what is now Mexico did not use a written alphabet.

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True

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Almost from the moment the Europeans arrived, the Native Americans began to die in huge numbers, if not from war, they died from

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all of the answers are correct (despair, brutal mistreatment, enslavement, disease)

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Native American texts NEVER include speeches and selected ritual songs.

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False

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Among some Native American groups, such as the Aztecs, written traditions existed, but in North America, such "records" included

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all of the answers are correct (shields, tepees, painted hides, shellwork belts)

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Native American stories are always serious, never comical.

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False

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Because the term oral literature seems contradictory to many people, some scholars have chosen to call the expressions of the oral tradition "orature".

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True

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Sitting Bull was the first Native American to record on his own the founding myths of his people.

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False

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Early Native American Cultures were oral--they chanted, sang, or presented in long narratives their cultural information.

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True

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Pertaining to Native American oral stories, the term "performable text" was invented by Johannes Gutenberg.

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False

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In "The Iroquois Creation Story," when the pregnant woman's "travail drew near" and she was asleep on a mattress, she began to sink down to the dark world, but she was saved by

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a turtle

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From "The Iroquois Creation Story," the "good mind" gained victory over his brother, the "bad mind," by beating him to death with

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deer antlers

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"The Iroquois Creation Story" is the Iroquois' way of explaining how pregnant women conceive and bear healthy children.

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False

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Most of what we know of native literature comes to us from the oral tradition.

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True

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Creation stories usually explain the origins of people, animals, and/or cultural practices.

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True

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The first permanent English settlement, at Jamestown in 1607, was influenced by religious motives.

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true

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According to Columbus, the natives of the New World lacked iron. They were totally without iron weapons.

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true

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Who sponsored Columbus's trip?

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Isabelle and Ferdinand

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The natives Columbus met were very generous. They gave freely of their goods whenever they were asked.

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true

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Columbus made four voyages to the New World.

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true

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Columbus thought the world was flat

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true

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Columbus sought one land, found another, and never knew that he failed to open a way to the Indiest

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true

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Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography when he was a very young man.

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false

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"Poor Richard's Almanac" contains axioms and quotations from the other writers in the past, though Franklin himself does not credit those sources.

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true

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Franklin was a printer until he died.

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false

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Benjamin Franklin and his wife Sarah were married when they were elderly.

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false

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Franklin violated the terms of his indentured service to his brother and ran away to Plymouth Plantation.

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false

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Benjamin Franklin achieved great fame in Europe.

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true

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Benjamin Franklin was responsible for which of the following inventions or achievements: -a university -all of these -signing the Declaration of Independence -a diplomatic career

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All of these

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Poor Richard is entirely a fictional character.

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true

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Benjamin Franklin started his career as a/an

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apprentice to his brother

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As reflected in his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin tried very hard to cultivate the appearance of hard work. He took great pains to show others that he worked hard. This, in turn, helped his business.

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true

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Washington Irving was the first American to

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achieve an international literary reputation

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Where is Tarrytown located?

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Between the Hudson and Tappan Zee rivers

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Washington Irving became a celebrity in America when the fictional diedrick Knickerbocker's ______________________________________ was published.

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A History of New York

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The story of Rip Van Winkle was supposedly found among the papers of

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Diedrich Knickerbocker

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Rip Van Winkle's refuge and escape from labor was his habit of

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taking his gun in hand and strolling away into the woods

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The Note at the end of the story validates the legened of Rip Van Winkle by providing

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an eyewitness to Rip Van Winkle's existence

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What happens while Rip Van Winkle is asleep?

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Times change so much he doesn't recognize most people in town.

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Which of these best describes Rip Van Winkle. -He hides in the woods much of the time, loafing and fishing. -He prefers to work for others, not himself and his family. -His wife complains bitterly -All of these.

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All of these.

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Which of these is true of Washington Irving? -He was the first Poet Laureate in the United States. -He gained international renown. -He never married. -All of these.

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All of these.

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About which region of the United States does Washington Irving write?

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The Catskill Mountains

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