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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Advent of the Slaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What moral weakness does the narrator comment on in Washington?
(a) His laziness.
(b) His tendency to drink too much.
(c) His fondness for women.
(d) His refusal to free his slaves.

2. What does Williams think was the motive of the person who told Ponce de Leon there was a fountain of youth?
(a) Love.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) A desire to help.

3. Who is the narrator for the second half of "Poor Richard"?
(a) An American Indian.
(b) William Carlos Williams.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) An average American.

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

5. Why does Cortez finally burn the city?
(a) To demoralize the Aztecs so that they would stop resisting him so fiercely.
(b) To destroy a place which would have given refuge to the forces that were opposing him.
(c) To give glory to the Christian God by destroying temples full of idols.
(d) To kill the inhabitants of the city who were trapped inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jones feel about the battle?

2. How much time does Samuel de Champlain spend in North America before he is permitted to establish a French colony?

3. What happens when Raleigh returns to England after his son's death?

4. Why does John Paul Jones write to Benjamin Franklin in "Battle Between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis"?

5. What famous ship does Williams say that a slave ship is the counterpart to?

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