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

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

3. 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.

4. How does Montezuma treat hungry people in the capital?
(a) He gives everyone who comes into the city a small ration of food.
(b) He refuses to feed the hungry, demanding instead that they pay tribute to him.
(c) He opens his larder to all who wish to eat and drink.
(d) He offers food to anyone who is willing to do some work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?

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

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. Why do Ponce de Leon and his men travel north?

5. What is Tenochtitlan like?

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