American Literature Test 1

Front 1

What did Columbus name the first island he discovered

Back 1

San Salvador in remembrance of the Divine Majesty

Front 2

(T/F) Columbus explored for his birth country, Spain.

Back 2

False

Front 3

What goal did Columbus have when he won Ferdinand and Isabella's support for his "enterprise of the Indies"

Back 3

To find a commercially viable route to Asia`

Front 4

Where does Columbus think he is when he discovers the New World

Back 4

The Indies

Front 5

(T/F) Columbus had a successful career filled with prosperity and was never imprisioned

Back 5

False

Front 6

How does Columbus describe himself in the second letter

Back 6

"I was made a prisoner and with my two brothers was thrown into a ship laden with fetters, stripped to the skin, very ill-treated, and without being tried or condemened

Front 7

(T/F) Islands were named after Catholic saints and religious concepts.

Back 7

True

Front 8

How does Columbus first refer to the Natives

Back 8

Nothing of importance

Front 9

Which of these did he not want in his second letter

Back 9

Wealth

Front 10

What other author tells of mistreatment of certain groups of people by the Christians from Europe?

Front 11

(T/F) For every Spaniard killed, ten natives would be killed

Back 11

False

Front 12

Which Natives were spared from the injustices from Spaniards

Back 12

None

Front 13

Which of the following atrocities was NOT committed by the Spaniards

Back 13

All of these were done

Front 14

The Spaniards "strung up their victims in lots of 13, in memory of ____"

Back 14

Our Redeemer and his 12 Apostles

Front 15

How long after Las Casas' experience did he write this report

Back 15

50 years later

Front 16

How do the pearl divers die

Back 16

drowning or eaten by sharks

Front 17

(T/F) According to Las Casas, the Natives were the savages

Back 17

False

Front 18

(T/F) Las Casas wrote his "Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies" in an effort to draw Spain's attention to what was really happening in the New Word, and his book was read by only his country men.

Back 18

False

Front 19

What as Las Casas's initial recommendation as a "remedy" for the enslavement of the Natives

Back 19

Import Africans as replacement

Front 20

(T/F) Cabeza de Vaca was devout in his faith

Back 20

False

Front 21

To whom was Cabeza de Vaca writing when he addressed his "Relacion" to the Sacred Ceasarian Catholic Majesty

Back 21

Emperor Charles V

Front 22

When a son died, the whole village joined the parents for...

Back 22

in weeping for one year

Front 23

What did Cabeza de Vaca take back to Spain that had tremendous value?

Back 23

Topographical information

Front 24

Which of the following is not a custom of the Malhado tribe

Back 24

All of these are customs

Front 25

How long was Cabeza de Vaca wondering the lands

Back 25

nine years

Front 26

(T/F) Children are suckled until they are twelve

Back 26

True

Front 27

Why was Cabeza de Vaca sent to the Americas

Back 27

He was a provost marshal and treasure of Panfilo de Narvaez's Florida expedition

Front 28

(T/F) When a son or brother dies, no on goes out for three weeks

Back 28

False

Front 29

According to Smith, what happens during the skirmish with the Natives that leads to his captivity

Back 29

Attacked by 200 Indians, killed tow and he was shot in his thigh

Front 30

(T/F) John Smith was modest and downplayed his role in establishing colonies in the New World

Back 30

False

Front 31

(T/F) John Smith was a respected leader whose men admired him because they knew he would keep them safe

Back 31

False

Front 32

What colony, did John Smith help establish

Back 32

Jamestown

Front 33

How long was John Smith held captive by the Natives

Back 33

6-7 weeks

Front 34

(T/F) According to John Smith, the Native Americans tried to grow a gunpowder tree by planting gunpowder in the ground.

Back 34

True

Front 35

According to Smith, who is responsible for the lack of provisions

Back 35

the settlers

Front 36

(T/F) Smith was exiled from Virginia

Back 36

False

Front 37

How many Indians did he fend off in his first narrative

Back 37

200-300

Front 38

Where was John Smith shot "a little"

Back 38

his thigh

Front 39

(T/F) Winthrop used religion as a way to keep the people under his control

Back 39

True

Front 40

What is Winthrop's goal

Back 40

to clean up the acts of the New World

Front 41

According to Winthrop, "What rule must we observe in forgiving"

Back 41

You must forgive, do unto others as you would want them to do. If debt isn't paid in 7 years then it needs to be forgivin

Front 42

Where was Winthrop most likely first introduced to Puritan ideas

Back 42

Cambridge University

Front 43

What was the name of the charter company that begins the colony Winthrop helps found

Back 43

The Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England

Front 44

How did Winthrop view social hierarchies

Back 44

He believes God sanctions hierarches among men, but feels all ranks are interdependent

Front 45

According to Winthrop, what are the main concepts for a Christian

Back 45

All of the above

Front 46

What woman did he condem

Back 46

Ann Hutchinson

Front 47

(T/F) According to Winthrop, in order to keep God's favor, give beyond ability

Back 47

True

Front 48

he compared the colony to what

Back 48

A human body

Front 49

How many moves were made during Rowlandson's captivity

Back 49

20

Front 50

(T/F) While in captivity, Rowlandson relies on her faith to get her through her ordeal

Back 50

True

Front 51

How much is paid for Rowlandson's randsom

Back 51

20 pounds

Front 52

(T/F) Rowlandson starved during her captivity because the Natives had little food

Back 52

False

Front 53

What was one of the main things that kept Rowlandson strong throughout her captivity

Back 53

God

Front 54

How long was Rowlandson in captivity

Back 54

11 weeks

Front 55

How many children did Rowlandson have

Back 55

1 son and 2 daughters

Front 56

Why did Rowlandson go hungry for three weeks

Back 56

She didn't find their food appetizing

Front 57

What duty did she do for the Natives during her captivity

Back 57

Seamstress

Front 58

(T/F) Rowlandson lost her faith during her captivity

Back 58

False

Front 59

Rowlandson is the most famous victim from which attacks

Back 59

King Phillips war

Front 60

How does Rowlandson refer to the Indians food

Back 60

filthy trash

Front 61

Which important religious figures are related to Cotton Mather

Back 61

Richard Mather and John Cotton

Front 62

(T/F) Mather resembles George Washington because of his desire to do good works and organize societies for building churches

Back 62

False

Front 63

(T/F) Mather published more than four hundred works

Back 63

True

Front 64

(T/F) Mather was admitted to Yale College at the age of twelve

Back 64

False

Front 65

How many children did Mather have and how many times was he married

Back 65

3 wives and 15 kids

Front 66

Mather compares the people of New England to what ancient people

Back 66

Ephesians

Front 67

What measure are taken to protect Martha Carriers victims form her during the trial

Back 67

She was bound

Front 68

How are the religious problems of Martha Carrier and Ann Hutchinson similar

Back 68

Both were put on trial for going against the colonies religious views

Front 69

How was Hannah Dustan's new born child killed

Back 69

Smashed into a tree

Front 70

Why did Dustan return to the Natives

Back 70

to scalp them

Front 71

What steps were taken by Dustan and her companions when they escaped

Back 71

They struck them in the heads with hatchets, while they were sleeping then scalped them

Front 72

How are the captivities of Dustan and Rowlandson Similar

Back 72

Both had a child killed, both were starved and both were taken from their homes

Front 73

How many children did Hannah Dustan have

Back 73

8

Front 74

(Creveceur) During the snake battle, the Black Snake wins in a last attempt Whom does the black snake represent

Back 74

Both: the slaves that will rise up against their captors and the Americans fighting against European Rule

Front 75

(T/F) Crevecoer's Letters form an American Farmer was successful in France because it was published soon enough after the Revelutionary War to satisfy curiosity about what was happening in America

Back 75

True

Front 76

(T/F) Farmer James and John Crevecoeur are cousins

Back 76

False

Front 77

(T/F) After Crevecoeur's fiance died he went to Canada to join the milita

Back 77

True

Front 78

Which letter does Farmer James decide he wants to run away and live with the Indians

Back 78

Letter XII or 12

Front 79

Who stated Crevecoeur's book was "too flattering to be true"

Back 79

George Washington

Front 80

(T/F) Phillis Wheatley viewed her native land of Africa and her new home in America as being the same in all respects

Back 80

False

Front 81

What was the central theme that Wheatley tried to address in her poem to the students at Cambridge

Back 81

to stress the importance of religion along with higher education

Front 82

What classical references appear in Wheatley's poems

Back 82

biblical and greek mythology

Front 83

(T/F) Was Wheatley thankful for her enslavement

Back 83

True

Front 84

(T/F) Wheatley's message to the University of Cambridge is that she is smart enough to study there

Back 84

False

Front 85

In Wheatley's poem to George Washington she:

Back 85

Praised him and believed he would be a great leader

Front 86

(T/F) The name of Wheatley's published book is " Poems on Various subjects, religious, and moral"

Back 86

True

Front 87

(T/F) According to Phillis Wheatley, education is of no use to slaves

Back 87

False

Front 88

(T/F) Wheatley was the first African- American published poet

Back 88

True