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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through DeSoto and the New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is "beautiful as a cane box"?
(a) The Tuscaloosa.
(b) The female narrator.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) De Soto.

2. What author does Gregory say is never accused of being insincere?
(a) William Carlos Williams.
(b) Homer.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

3. Who does Gregory say is depicted more boldly by Williams than by any other writer?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) Cotton Mather.

4. Why does "she" say that De Soto's men are beginning to hate him?
(a) Because they have become infected with diseases and are experiencing epidemics.
(b) Because they are worried that they will never make it back to Spain.
(c) Because he has subjected them to many hardships and they have found no gold.
(d) Because they are afraid that they will all be killed in battle.

5. What kind of woman is Freydis?
(a) Submissive.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Dedicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is De Soto looking for?

2. What is Columbus' point when he makes the following statement: "I was twenty-eight years old when I came into your Highnesses' service, and now I have not a hair upon me that is not gray; my body is infirm..."

3. Who or what is Mabilla?

4. What does the following sentence mean? "Rather the ice than their way: to take what is mine by single strength, theirs by the crookedness of their law."

5. What does Columbus think of the New World when he reaches it?

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