F3 Flashcards

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What chiefly inspired Franklin to write his Autobiography?

A

The desire to provide a record of the circumstances of his life for his posterity

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According to his Autobiography, Franklin accepted each of the following principles of religion except that ?
A.Jesus Christ lived, died, and was resurrected.
B.the soul is immortal.
C.”crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded,” either in this life or the next.
D.God exists and created the world.

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A

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3
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According to “Exporting of Felons,” what is the reason English gives for sending convicts to the colonies?

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To improve and sufficiently populate the colonies.

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What event inspired Paine to write the first and most famous of The American Crisis papers?

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The colonists’ defeat in the first major battle of the war

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Paine excelled at

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Making concepts understandable to the common man.

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According to Paine in The American Crisis, God will aid the colonists and not aid the King of England because

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The colonies have tried every means possible to avoid war.

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What made Bartram’s Travels especially significant?

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Its emphasis on scientific observation and its literally merit

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Philip Freneau has been called early America’s

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First truly national poet.

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A comparison of Freneau’s poems to those of the Puritans

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Shows a fundamental shift in the view of God and man.

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“On Being Brought from Africa” charges Christians to

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Remember that God invites all people to come to Him for salvation.

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According to Father Abraham in “The Way ti Wealth,” what is much worse than taxation by government? (Short ans)

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Personal idleness, slothfulness, pride, folly

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In 1776 Paine entered the political controversy between the colonists and England by writing what work? (Short ans)

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Common sense

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In The American Crisis, to what does Paine specifically refer by the expression “what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”? (Short ans)

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Freedom

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Travels combines a first-person narrative of Bartram’s experiences with scientific descriptions of portions of what region? (Short ans)

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Southern

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What is the literary genre of Bartram’s Travels? (Short ans)

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Travel literary

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What shift in literary emphasis is reflected in Freneau’s poetry?

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The focus from 19th century neoclassical style to 20th century romantic style.