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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. Why does Williams say that it is "water from a spring" to talk to M?
(a) Because M uses such original language.
(b) Because M lives near a spring.
(c) Because M is always so cheerful.
(d) Because M likes the rain in the spring.

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

3. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?
(a) He sends a threatening letter.
(b) He sends troops to attack.
(c) He sends gifts to Cortez.
(d) He sends poisoned food.

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

5. How does the narrator describe the coastline of North America?
(a) As a swamp-infested hell.
(b) As a wilderness full of savages.
(c) As a land of plenty.
(d) As a land rich in mineral resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Champlain picks out the site for the city and the men start working, what new complication arises to delay the progress of the building?

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

3. What causes the Puritan elders to finally get fed up with Thomas Morton?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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