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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
(a) 1711-1713
(b) 1636-1638
(c) 1598-1610
(d) 1669-1672

2. In what year was Mary Dyer executed?
(a) 1690
(b) 1660
(c) 1703
(d) 1599

3. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?
(a) 1776
(b) 1659
(c) 1773
(d) 1739

4. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?
(a) 10%
(b) 5%
(c) 25%
(d) 40%

5. The author states in Chapter 1 that it is said the source of information of Columbus’s conquests on the islands was written down by a young priest named what?
(a) Jonathan Schell
(b) William Berkeley
(c) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(d) Bartolome de las Casas

Short Answer Questions

1. What trade does the author assert was largely responsible for the growth of slavery in the United States in Chapter 9?

2. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?

3. The Anti-Rent War was also known by what name?

4. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?

5. Bacon's Rebellion started due to a conflict over how the settlers should deal with what issue?

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