Puritan Literature Characteristics and Authors

How was religious teaching involved in Puritan literature?

• 1. It wasn't an integral part.

• 1. It was one of many themes.

• 1. It was apparent in some writing, but not all.

• 1. It was central to each writing.

Puritan literature used which point of view for its writing?

• 1. Second-person

• 1. Omniscient

• 1. First-person

• 1. Third-person

Which of the following Puritan authors was an adviser to judges during the Salem witch trials?

• 1. 
     Anne Bradstreet

• 1. Cotton Mather

• 1. John Milton

• 1. William Bradford

All of these genres of writing were characteristic of Puritan authors EXCEPT:

• 1. Fiction

• 1. Letters

• 1. Poems

• 1. Historical narratives

How did the writing style of Puritan literature reflect the lifestyles of its authors?

• 1. It was deliberate.

• 1. It was simplistic.

• 1. It was elaborate.

• 1. It was full of sin.