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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the girl Ponce de Leon gives a gold crucifix to?
(a) His men capture her and steal the crucifix back.
(b) He finds her later working as a slave.
(c) He accidentally kills her without knowing who she is.
(d) He finds her later under a bush with her hands cut off.

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

4. 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.

5. What is the outcome of Freydis' actions?
(a) Freydis is exiled from her community like Eric the Red.
(b) Freydis becomes a politician and the leader of her community.
(c) Freydis is tried in criminal court and jailed for her actions.
(d) Freydis' family is always thought to be evil after that.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tenochtitlan like?

2. 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"?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the coastline of North America?

5. Where does Eric the Red go to start over?

(see the answer key)

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