Henry David Thoreau – Walden According to Thoreau, what is the goal of life?

John Smith – “The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles” How did the settlers who survived the first summer in Jamestown avoid starvation in the fall of 1607?

Thomas Jefferson – “The Declaration of Independence” What is one ironic fact concerning Jefferson’s legacy that caused tension related to slavery?

Washington Irving – “Rip Van Winkle” What causes Rip Van Winkle to fall asleep?

In The Wonders of the Invisible World , the devil decided to make a most surprising and snarled attempt at ruling over the territories once again by introducing what sin into the Puritan colony?

In The Wonders of the Invisible World , what did the devil promise to Martha Carrier?

Anne Bradstreet—“To My Dear and Loving Husband” At what point in the poem does Bradstreet introduce spiritual concerns and ideas about the afterlife? What is the relationship between her passion for her husband and her commitment to a Puritan ideal of a union with God?

With which New Englander was Mary Rowlandson in most regular contact during her captivity?

The Medea What is the central opening conflict situation at the beginning of the play? (State the basics of the situation.)

Uses alternating bands of different crops across a slope.