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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Evil and Declining Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was John Winthrop when he married his first wife?
(a) 19
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 20

2. Who is described as “one of the Puritans’ most illustrious preachers” and spoke before the House of Commons in the summer of 1625?
(a) Reverend John Preston
(b) Reverend Thomas Shepard
(c) Reverend John Endecott
(d) Reverend George Phillips

3. What was the name of the estate that Adam Winthrop purchased as a confiscated monastery at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk?
(a) Tattershall
(b) Groton Manor
(c) Guilford Manor
(d) Epperson Manor

4. How old was John Winthrop when he married for the third time?
(a) 40
(b) 30
(c) 35
(d) 25

5. What was the name of the London apothecary that John Winthrop’s older sister Anne married?
(a) John Endecott
(b) George Phillips
(c) Thomas Fones
(d) Thomas Shepard

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the English navy defeat the Spanish Armada, ensuring that the Catholic Church could not recapture England?

2. On what date did John Winthrop marry his second wife?

3. On what date did John Winthrop marry Margaret Tyndal?

4. On what date was Charles I crowned at Westminster Abbey?

5. Why did many members of Parliament oppose the marriage of Charles I?

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