Colonial Period - Puritan Poetry Quiz

What does "Huswifery" mean?

• house

• his wife

• spinning wheel

• house keeping

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How is Taylor's poem "Huswifery" different from the traditional expectations of the Puritans?

• It was not in plain style.

• It only had 3 stanzas.

• It rhymed.

• It was fiction.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Who / what is the yarn in the poem "Huswifery"?

• God

• Edward Taylor

• Puritans

• Taylor's church congregation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What started as yarn in the beginning becomes

• a pair of pants

• holy robes

• preacher's gloves

• a conservative dress

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the main theme of Taylor's poem "Huswifery"?

• The process of spiritual transformation.

• Religious devotion.

• Taylor wants to become a better tool of God.

• All of these.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the spinning wheel represent in the poem "Huswifery"?

• The cycle of life and death

• God's divine creation

• The process of spiritual transformation

• The difficulties of Puritan life

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The "Distaff" on the spinning wheel does what?

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the meaning of the term "to pink"?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4