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

2. Who or what is Mabilla?
(a) The river along which De Soto and his men were traveling.
(b) The woman who traveled with De Soto and translated for him.
(c) The town where the Tuscaloosa attacked De Soto and his men.
(d) The place Do Soto had heard of, called a "country toward the rising sun."

3. Why is De Soto uncertain whether he wants to meet Francisco Maldonado?
(a) He fears that Maldonado would antagonize the Indians.
(b) He does not get along with Maldonado.
(c) He thinks he might be forced to offer Maldonado some help.
(d) He thinks that Maldonado might get credit for De Soto's accomplishments.

4. What does Jacataqua ask Aaron Burr to do?
(a) Eat with her.
(b) Sleep with her.
(c) Fight. with her.
(d) Hunt with her.

5. Which of the following is one of the goals, listed by Cotton Mather, that the Puritans have in mind when they found their colonies?
(a) They want a man to be able to spend seven years in the community and be able to say that he had not heard one oath sworn.
(b) They want to know that every child, rich or poor, in the community would be able to read the Bible.
(c) They want to be sure that every person in the community went to church every Sunday.
(d) They want to be certain that every person in the community had enough to eat and drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say that American families cheat their daughters out of by trying to frighten them into delaying the loss of their virginity?

2. Who is "beautiful as a cane box"?

3. What does Williams say that many American crimes are caused by?

4. How does Williams say that intense emotions affect our perceptions of things?

5. Who does Cotton Mather say that New England belonged to before the New Englanders lived there?

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