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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Separation Unleashed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Roger Williams first arrived in the New World aboard what ship?
(a) The Lyon
(b) The Holy Royal
(c) The St. Mary
(d) The Arbella

2. Of the plan developed for governing the proposed colony by the Massachusetts Bay Company, the author says in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England,” “The colony would not be a mere commercial enterprise, nor would it be simply a hiding place from the wrath of God. It would be instead” what?
(a) The citadel of God’s chosen people, a spearhead of world Protestantism
(b) The promise land of wealth, independence, and liberty
(c) An idealized model of England but lacking of its corruption and authority
(d) A new start; a blank slate for democracy

3. How many of the previous Salem settlers had died in the preceding winter when John Winthrop arrived with his fleet, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Survival”?
(a) 200
(b) 80
(c) 20
(d) 50

4. Who is said to have “removed himself to the Narragansett country, remarking that he had left England because he did not like the Lord Bishops and found the rule of the Lord Brethren no better” in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?
(a) William Blackstone
(b) George Phillips
(c) Nathaniel Ward
(d) John Wheelwright

5. What was the name of John Winthrop’s second wife?
(a) Mary Tudor
(b) Thomasine Clopton
(c) Lucy Winthrop
(d) Anne Hutchinson

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to secure the Massachusetts Bay Company’s investors, an agreement was finally worked out whereby the remaining resources of the company would be managed for seven years by "undertakers." How many of these undertakers would be established in Massachusetts?

2. What term from the book refers to a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, prejudices, and ignorance of the less-educated citizens in order to gain power and promote political motives?

3. In what year did John Winthrop’s eldest son, John Jr., come of age?

4. When Roger Williams first arrived at the colony, what minister and teacher of the Boston church was returning to England to fetch his wife?

5. In what famous sermon by John Winthrop, delivered en route to Massachusetts, did he first apply the phrase “City upon a Hill” to the founding of America?

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