American Puritan Literature

Which of the choices listed is the best example of an everyday object in Puritan Plain style?

• "whole mines of gold"
• a spinning wheel 
• the riches of the East 
• the Lord's ordinances

Whom does the poet address in "Huswifery"?

• her husband
• the Lord 
• a spinning wheel
• a housewife

What specific activities does the poem "Huswifery" describe?

• purchasing yarn and spools

• dressing for one's funeral

• doing the daily housework

• spinning and weaving

In which of these lines is there an example of "apostrophe"?

• "And make my soul Thy holy spoole to be "
• "Thine ordinances make my fulling mills"
• "Make me, O Lord, Thy spinning wheel complete "
• "Make me Thy loom then, knit therein this twine"

Characteristic of Puritan "Plain Style"

• Familiar images
• Simple Words
• Direct Statements
• All of the above

Puritans believed that poetry that appealed to the senses or emotions was

• juvenile

• dangerous

• sacred

• a reflection of God's many gifts

Puritans believed that poetry should only serve God by expressing religious ideas.

• True

• False

An apostrophe is

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses a person who is alive and physically present

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses a person who is dead or not physically present

A conceit is a kind of metaphor, used as the subject of a poem, that

• compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way.

• rhymes

• is religious

• is sinful

Anne Bradstreet's primary audience is --

• God

• her husband

• other married women

• jealous lovers