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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The majority of the governmental issues were determined while the group was at which location?
(a) Deacons' supper.
(b) At sea.
(c) Sunday school services.
(d) Community meeting house.

2. What word is used to describe the character of William Brewster?
(a) Scrupulous.
(b) Unimpeachable.
(c) Questionable.
(d) Slippery.

3. Who arrived after these natives had visited the Puritans several times?
(a) Bradford.
(b) Samoset.
(c) Carver.
(d) Massasoit.

4. Bradford quotes which famous philosopher?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Homer.
(d) Aristotle.

5. The colony was going to be established in part to honor which of the following?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Gods of agriculture.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Monarchy.

6. What type of church was formed by the group?
(a) Lutheran church.
(b) Quaker church.
(c) Separatist church.
(d) Pilgrim church.

7. Who was chosen to act as the new governor?
(a) Standish.
(b) Carver.
(c) Bradford.
(d) Brewster.

8. What was one of the main obstacles to going to the new city?
(a) Language.
(b) Money.
(c) Passage.
(d) Land.

9. What did many of those people do when a new queen took the throne?
(a) Start an uprising.
(b) Rush the castle.
(c) Picketed.
(d) Returned.

10. The people that signed the compact were loyal subjects of which monarch?
(a) James.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Mary.

11. What was the rank of the high ranking Indian?
(a) Scout.
(b) Head visitor.
(c) Chief.
(d) Medicine man.

12. The group finally decided to move on once again. This time, they would go to _____.
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Spain.
(d) Holland.

13. Who was one of Robinson's main adversaries?
(a) Brewster.
(b) Weston.
(c) Polyander.
(d) Bradford.

14. How many points were mentioned in this decision?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

15. How did Bradford refer to this new era?
(a) The Starting Time.
(b) Future of Plymouth.
(c) England Personified.
(d) A New Beginning.

Short Answer Questions

1. The text states that the new government would act "for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due _______ and obedience."

2. What percentage of the people in the company died shortly after the development of the new government?

3. The documents asserted that the group would form into which of the following?

4. Which queen was responsible for some people being burned?

5. The country had recently been severely affected by which of the following?

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