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US Literature - The Colonists

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. They believed the Church of England was too similar to the Roman Catholic Church and should eliminate ceremonies and practices not rooted in the Bible.

a)

The English

b)

The Puritans

c)

The Colonists

d)

The Americans

2.

2. The movement began in ____________ repudiated papal authority and transformed the Church of Rome into a state Church of England.

a)

in the 1540s, when King Henry VI

b)

in the 1550s, when King Henry VII

c)

in the 1530s, when King Henry VIII

d)

in the 1590s, when King Henry IX

3.

3. Cases of abuse of the Roman Catholic Church were the following: EXCEPT

a)

Building the St. Peter Basilica was very expensive

b)

Child sexual abuse

c)

Helping the poor

d)

Indulgences

4.

4. What was the Puritan type of writing?

a)

Extravagant

b)

Science fiction

c)

Politic

d)

Plain and simple

5.

5. How did Puritans write literature?

a)

first-person narrative

b)

second-person narrative

c)

third-person narrative

6.

6. What did Puritans write?

a)

Sermons

b)

Essays

c)

Poems

d)

All of the above

7.

7. Why did Puritans write what they wrote?

4 lines
8.

8. Who wrote "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

a)

Mary Rowlandson

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

Anne Bradstreet

d)

Mother Teresa (Please don't)

9.

9. What types of writing are the most common among Puritans?

a)

Diaries and histories

b)

Sermons

c)

Essays

d)

Poems

10.

10. Name of the ship that came to Plymouth, NY in 1620.

(a)  

11.

11. It was illegal to leave England without the king's consent

a)

True

b)

False

12.

12. An early group of Puritans decided to secretly move to

a)

Austria

b)

Netherlands

c)

France

d)

Portugal

13.

13. The Puritans made a deal with the...

a)

Ohio Company

b)

Virginia Company

c)

England Company

d)

N.A.

14.

14. On the ship traveled...

a)

Only Separatists

b)

Non-separatists

c)

Separatists and non-separatists

d)

Only Puritans

15.

15. How many days traveled the Separatists on the Mayflower?

a)

88 days

b)

50 days

c)

101 days

d)

65 days

16.

16. What document did they sign to self-govern themselves?

a)

Virginia Contract

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

The Constitution

d)

Separatist document

17.

17. The explorer John Smith had named the area Plymouth after leaving Jamestown. This was

a)

The first permanent English settlement in the New World

b)

The first permanent English settlement in England

c)

The last permanent English settlement in America

d)

The first permanent English settlement in the Netherlands

18.

18. In the Fall of 1621, the Pilgrims famously shared a harvest feast with the Pokanokets; the meal is now called

(a)  

19.

19. Thanksgiving had become an annual fall tradition but it wasn’t until 1863 that President __________ named the last Thursday in November a national holiday.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

N.A.

20.

20. He was a leader of the Separatist congregation, a key framer of the Mayflower Compact, and Plymouth’s governor for 30 years after its founding.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Captain John Smith

c)

William Bradford

d)

Squanto