View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ponce de Leon's pilot previously work for?
(a) Montezuma.
(b) Columbus and Cortez.
(c) Ponce de Leon's brother.
(d) The King and Queen of Spain.

2. What does the narrator say that the Puritans should be praised for?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their spirit.
(c) Their warmth.
(d) Their toughness.

3. Why are the Puritans important, according to the narrator?
(a) They are among the earliest European settlers.
(b) They begin to form the national character.
(c) They find a way to survive in an inclement environment.
(d) They bring Christianity to the New World.

4. Why do Ponce de Leon and his men travel north?
(a) To find gold.
(b) To find the fountain of youth.
(c) To find food and water.
(d) To find new land for Spain.

5. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Williams criticize historian A. C. Adams at the beginning of "The May-Pole at Merry Mount"?

2. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?

3. What causes the Puritan elders to finally get fed up with Thomas Morton?

4. What does the narrator admire about the Pilgrims?

5. What happens to Thomas Morton as a result of the Maypole celebration?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 360 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample