The Crucible

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Edwards presents a God as a being who

• enjoys human suffering and misery

• easily forgives repentant sinners

• continually redefines the universe

• is often angry and vengeful

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

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All of the following are images used by Jonathan Edwards to scare his audience EXCEPT

• a wide, gaping canyon

• flood waters held back by God's hand

• a bow and arrow ready to pierce one's heart

• a lake of fire/burning brimstone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to Edwards, the earth would not bear people for one moment if it were not for

• the sovereign pleasure of God

• their great intelligence

• their good treatment of the earth

• their knowledge of right and wrong

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CCSS.RI.8.8

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Edwards compares each of his listeners to "a spider or loathsome insect held over the fire" in order to stress a human beings'

• ugliness in God's eyes

• powerlessness in comaprison to God

• unimportance in God's plan

• courage in the face of God's wrath

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The use of a biblical quotation at the end of Edwards' sermon strengthens his argument by

• associating it with an authority respected by the audience

• emphasizing Edward's point about God's mercy

• appealing to the audience's love of poetry

• changing the tone of the sermon

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

For a brief moment towards the end of the sermon, Edward's tone shifts from

• sorrow to joy

• fright to hope

• joy to resentment

• sympathy to bitterness

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Bradstreet writes, "I blest His name that gave and took" she implies that

• she is being punished for the sin of vanity

• material objects are ultimately God's and not hers

• God will be appeased if she says a prayer to him

• she secretly wants all her possessions to vanish

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In her poem "Verses upon the Burning of Our House" Bradstreet mostly criticizes herself for

• losing her faith in God's goodness

• not taking proper precautions against fire hazards

• failing to react quickly in an emergency

• valuing material possessions too much

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"To My Dear and Loving Husband" could best be described as a tribute to

• youth

• God

• marriage

• faith

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In "To My Dear and Loving Husband," the central idea is that

• other women cannot possibly be as happy as the speaker

• the speaker loves her husband more than she loves God

• heaven will repay the speaker's loving husbands with eternal life

• the love the speaker shares with her husband is deep and lasting

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