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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. How does Williams suggest that Ponce de Leon feels when he hears about Cortez and the wealth of Montezuma?
(a) Restless.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

2. Why is Ponce de Leon free to go exploring in Florida?
(a) He has already accomplished all that he came for.
(b) He has been relieved of his job as Governor.
(c) He is independently wealthy and can do as he pleases.
(d) He is not free to go, but goes anyway.

3. What is the overall tone of Williams' remarks about the Puritans?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Wonder.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ponce de Leon's pilot previously work for?

2. What happens to Columbus on his return from his second voyage?

3. What is Columbus' point when he makes the following statement: "I was twenty-eight years old when I came into your Highnesses' service, and now I have not a hair upon me that is not gray; my body is infirm..."

4. When Columbus finally lands in Spain after his second voyage, what happens to him?

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

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