Handout B: Vocabulary and Context Questions – John Witherspoon (1723-1794)

VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS

Letter on the Clergy in Politics

1. Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
   1. denomination
   2. ascertain
   3. freeholders
   4. exclusion
   5. ecclesiastical
   6. indelible
   7. injurious
   8. wholly
   9. apprehended
   10. clerical
   11. relinquished
   12. litigation
   13. ambiguous
   14. alterations
   15. deposition
2. Context: Answer the following questions.
   1. When was this document written?
   2. Where was this document written?
   3. Who wrote this document?
   4. What type of document is this?
   5. What was the purpose of this document?
   6. Who was the audience for this document?