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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jacataqua.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cotton Mather think about the gods of the Indian nations?
(a) He thinks that they are idols.
(b) He thinks that they are imaginary.
(c) He thinks that they are other gods.
(d) He thinks that they are devils.

2. Who does Cotton Mather say that New England belonged to before the New Englanders lived there?
(a) The French.
(b) The Devil.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Indians.

3. What does Cotton Mather say is the cause of the degeneracy of the New England community?
(a) People like Thomas Morton are undermining the values of the community.
(b) The Devil is making one more try to debauch the Puritans.
(c) Children are becoming undisciplined and grow up to think they can do whatever they wish.
(d) The Indians are setting a bad example for the colonists.

4. How does Williams say that intense emotions affect our perceptions of things?
(a) They make everything larger.
(b) They make everything better.
(c) They make everything confusing.
(d) They make everything harder.

5. What does Williams say is the one thing that Americans fear more than anything else in the world?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Touch.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacataqua ask Aaron Burr to do?

2. Who or what is Mabilla?

3. How does De Soto keep his men alive when the maize crop fails?

4. Where do De Soto and his men retreat to after the Indians burn their camp?

5. Who is Juan Ortiz?

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