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7 Cards in this Set
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Which description best conveys Bradford's attitude in Of Plymouth Plantation?
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faith in the workings of Divine Providence
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What does the subheading "The Starving Time" refer?
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the Pilgrim's first winter in the New World, especially January and February
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In calling Squanto "a special instrument sent of God," Bradford demonstrates his personal conviction that
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the Pilgrims had God on their side.
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In Bradford's account, the settlers' attitude toward the Native Americans changes from
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suspicious to appreciative
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The incidents Bradford describes are most strongly connected with Americans' celebration of
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Thanksgiving Day.
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"And of these, in the time of most distress, there was but six or seven sound persons who to their great commendations, be it spoken, spared no pains night or day, but with abundance of toil and hazard of their own health, fetched them wood, made them fires, dressed them meat, made their beds, washed their loathsome clothes, clothed and unclothed them." Which statement best expresses the passage's main idea?
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Six or seven people risked their own health to tend the sick.
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Which of the following were Bradford's chief purposes in writing Of Plymouth Plantation?
I. to record the Pilgrims' experiences in the New World II. to encourage other Europeans to come to the New World III. to express faith in the workings of Divine Providence IV. to publish an interesting account and raise money for the Pilgrims |
I and III
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