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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Discovery of Kentucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Columbus profit from his trips to the New World?
(a) Yes, he is rewarded with all the gold he could ever want.
(b) No, he is left financially ruined and impoverished.
(c) Yes, he is able to sell many things that he took from the islands.
(d) No, but at least the voyages do not harm him financially.

2. What explanation does the narrator give for the Puritans' lack of imagination?
(a) They do not have materials with which to exercise their creativity.
(b) They are afraid being imaginative would cut them off from the others.
(c) They think their lives depend on doing things the same way every time.
(d) They believe that God does not approve of imagination.

3. According to the narrator, which of the following is a logical outgrowth of the Puritan spirit?
(a) Democracy and collective responsibility.
(b) Know-nothingism and opportunism.
(c) Inventiveness and resourcefulness.
(d) Creativity and genius.

4. Who does Columbus write to while he is on his return voyage?
(a) Friends who were left behind in the New World.
(b) His wife.
(c) His family members in Europe.
(d) The King and Queen of Spain.

5. What does Columbus do when he thinks the ship might capsize?
(a) He prays that the ship will make it back to Spain.
(b) He puts a note in a cask and throws it into the sea.
(c) He curses the day he ever set out to find the New World.
(d) He has a meeting of his crew and asks everyone to try his best.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the girl Ponce de Leon gives a gold crucifix to?

2. How do the Spanish justify killing so many peaceful islanders?

3. What does Columbus want to do instead of traveling to the New World again?

4. Why is Ponce de Leon free to go exploring in Florida?

5. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?

(see the answer key)

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