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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Voyage of the Mayflower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Raleigh from going to the Virginia colonies?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The death of his son.
(c) The death of the queen.
(d) His own death.

2. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?
(a) He is trying to check his navigational instruments to be sure that they are working properly.
(b) He is trying to reassure the crew that they have not traveled as far without seeing land as they think they have.
(c) He is trying to test a new system of measurement to see which is most accurate.
(d) He is trying to trick the King and Queen by giving them false information in his letters.

3. What happens when Raleigh returns to England after his son's death?
(a) He is beheaded.
(b) He is knighted.
(c) He is sent away on another voyage.
(d) He is stripped of his knighthood.

4. How do the Spanish justify killing so many peaceful islanders?
(a) They say it is necessary to kill people to take the land for Spain.
(b) They claim that Indians had no souls.
(c) They insist that God told them to do it.
(d) They call the killings self-defense.

5. Which of the following names does the narrator call Raleigh?
(a) James' man.
(b) Explorer of the Orinoco.
(c) The planter who never planted.
(d) The new King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement shows that Gregory believes that most people revere history without understanding it?

2. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?

3. What happens when Montezuma asks his people not to fight back against the Spanish?

4. What happens to the girl Ponce de Leon gives a gold crucifix to?

5. How does Montezuma treat hungry people in the capital?

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