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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 157 - 208).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some of the colonists at Plymouth decline to celebrate Christmas?
(a) The king told them not to.
(b) The governor saw God in a vision, who told him not to celebrate it.
(c) They do not have enough money to celebrate it.
(d) It has no scriptural history.

2. What kind of wish does Alice think of "dominance" as?
(a) Secondary.
(b) Primal.
(c) Divine.
(d) Earthly.

3. What does Thomas Weston tell John Billington his letter did among the investors?
(a) Made them realize Billington should be a priest.
(b) Made them realize how unfairly he had been treated.
(c) Caused a stir.
(d) Made them realize Billington should be cast out of the colony and move to Boston instead.

4. What does Alice Bradford think Standish has been doing more of recently rather than fighting Indians?
(a) Minding his own children.
(b) Teaching schoolchildren.
(c) Planting crops.
(d) Squabbling with the black sheep of the colony.

5. Why does William Bradford object to Dorothy's choice of flowers for her wedding?
(a) They are flowers associated with births.
(b) They are too bright in color.
(c) They are not modest in price.
(d) They are flowers associated with funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were the newcomers past due in Part I to arrive in Plymouth?

2. What happens to Dorothy's first-born child?

3. Who pays for dinner to be served for Alice's group at the boardinghouse on the first night?

4. What does John Billington think John Newcomen's first name is?

5. What does the indentured servant's rapist threaten to do if she tells anyone what he did to her?

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