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What did John Smith write ?
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A. Jason and Isolde
B. General History of Virginia
C. Declaration of Independence
D. Journal of an Expedition
It was about this time that I conceiv’d the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral Perfection. I wish’d to live without committing any Fault at any time; I would conquer all that either Natural Inclination, Custom, or Company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more difficulty than I had imagined. … I included under Thirteen names of Virtues all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable, and annex’d to each a short Precept, which fully express’d the Extent I gave to its Meaning ?
A. Samson Occcum
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Mayflower Compact
Miniver scorned the gold he sought. Here gold refers to______________?
A. the yellow metal
B. paycheck or money
C. materialism
D. the pot of luck
I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burthen off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. What is the meaning of the word “smart” in this context ?
A. Stupidity
B. Silliness
C. Pain
D. Intelligence
The house of this Puritan poet burned down_____________?
A. Elizabeth Browning
B. Eliza Snow
C. George Elliot
D. Anne Bradstreet
The purpose of placing ‘fallen cold and dead’ at the end of each section is to_____________?
A. remind the leader of the tragedy
B. repeat the lines for the rhyming
C. keep the readers aware of what is to come
D. clarify his idea
This mode of discourse attempts to convince someone______________?
A. Persuasion
B. Prejudice
C. Promise
D. Promotion
This quote comes from what writing: “God holds you over the pit of Hell much as one holds a spider over the fire________________”?
A. Spiders of the World
B. Hands of Satan
C. Hell and Salem
D. Sinners in the Hand…
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