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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sir Walter Raleigh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Columbus want to do instead of traveling to the New World again?
(a) He wants to go on a pilgrimmage to holy places.
(b) He wants to circumnavigate the globe.
(c) He wants to go on vacation to someplace warm and tropical.
(d) He wants to visit his family members in Portugal.

2. What happens when Raleigh returns to England after his son's death?
(a) He is stripped of his knighthood.
(b) He is knighted.
(c) He is beheaded.
(d) He is sent away on another voyage.

3. What happens to Columbus on his return from his second voyage?
(a) He is forced to turn back and sail to the New World again.
(b) He is forced to leave and sail to England instead.
(c) He has to travel many miles out of his way because of a storm.
(d) He is refused permission to land in Spain even though there was a terrible storm.

4. How do many of the Indians react when the Spanish begin to enslave them?
(a) They try to negotiate for peace but cannot overcome the language barrier.
(b) They fight back so fiercely that it is impossible to enslave any of them.
(c) They go into the forest and hang themselves from the trees.
(d) They willingly accept enslavement in order not to be murdered.

5. What does the narrator say that Queen Elizabeth did not trust Raleigh enough to let him do?
(a) Marry one of her maids.
(b) Serve in the army.
(c) Go on voyages of exploration.
(d) Serve on great councils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following quotations reveals Williams' opinion of Cortez?

2. What prevents Raleigh from going to the Virginia colonies?

3. What does Montezuma do when Cortez enters the capital?

4. Which of the following is NOT a term used by the narrator to describe Queen Elizabeth?

5. What do bows and arrows, corn meal, and belief in a second life all have in common, according to the narrator of "Sir Walter Raleigh"?

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