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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on the passage narrated by Eric the Red, which phrase do you think best describes Eric's character?
(a) Rigid and formal.
(b) Good-natured and affectionate.
(c) Evil and malicious.
(d) Deeply religious.

2. What does the following sentence mean? "Rather the ice than their way: to take what is mine by single strength, theirs by the crookedness of their law."
(a) Eric the Red considers his unjust exile to be more honorable than staying in Iceland.
(b) Eric the Red has chosen to leave Iceland of his own accord.
(c) Eric the Red feels remorseful about the murder he committed and willingly accepts punishment.
(d) Eric the Red prefers places that are cold and icy.

3. 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"?
(a) They are things all people can do without.
(b) They are found in all villages.
(c) They are invented by all peoples.
(d) They are necessary to colonization.

4. What title does the narrator give Raleigh?
(a) The Hand of the Queen.
(b) The Breath of the Queen.
(c) The Sword of the Queen.
(d) The Heart of the Queen.

5. What does Columbus think of the New World when he reaches it?
(a) He thinks that he would like to build a house and live there himself.
(b) He thinks that it is too desolate to have any worthwhile resources.
(c) He thinks that it is far too hot and humid for his taste.
(d) He thinks it is the most beautiful place he has ever seen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eric the Red say that his life is like now that he has been exiled?

2. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?

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. What does Williams think was the motive of the person who told Ponce de Leon there was a fountain of youth?

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

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