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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 does Williams say that people of color excel at, more so than any white person?
(a) Cleanliness and picking out beautiful fabrics to wear.
(b) Dancing and playing sports.
(c) Singing jazz music and spirituals.
(d) Cooking and planning a gourmet menu.

2. Who is Thomas Morton?
(a) A colonist.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A writer.
(d) A historian.

3. Which of the following statements shows that Eric the Red has accepted his fate?
(a) "This is my portion. I do not call it not to my liking. Hardship lives in me."
(b) "...this is what they say: Eric, son of evil, come and be forgiven."
(c) "Eric the Red is a marked man, beyond the law, so it would seem..."
(d) "One or the other of us had to die, under the natural circumstance."

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

5. What does Cotton Mather say is the cause of the degeneracy of the New England community?
(a) Children are becoming undisciplined and grow up to think they can do whatever they wish.
(b) The Devil is making one more try to debauch the Puritans.
(c) People like Thomas Morton are undermining the values of the community.
(d) The Indians are setting a bad example for the colonists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the "Poor Richard" narrator say is a common misconception that Europeans have about America?

3. Who does the narrator say was the only American ever to see General Washington in a towering rage?

4. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?

5. Why isn't the French Conquest as severe as the Spanish one?

(see the answer key)

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