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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: A Special Commission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the approximate distance between London, England, and Boston, Massachusetts?
(a) 2,000 miles
(b) 3,300 miles
(c) 1,550 miles
(d) 4,230 miles

2. Where does the Merrimack River empty into the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Jackson Port
(b) Cape Sable
(c) Humboldt Bay
(d) Newburyport

3. According to the author in Chapter 5: “Survival,” it cost the better part of what amount of money “to come to New England properly equipped, even if one knew exactly what to bring and what not to bring”?
(a) 50 pounds
(b) 20 pounds
(c) 100 pounds
(d) 10 pounds

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

5. Winthrop warned his constituents in the New World that “when God gives a special Commission, He looks to have” what in return?
(a) The wealth of nations and prosperity
(b) Tolerance and minimalism
(c) It strictly observed in every Article
(d) It looked after by God’s will

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James I ascend the throne of England?

2. Since what year had there been a fairly substantial group of colonists at Cape Ann, according to the author in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place”?

3. What company established the Sagadahoc Colony in 1607 in present-day Maine?

4. How old was John Winthrop when he left for college?

5. Who succeeded Mary Tudor as the ruler of England?

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