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

2. Which of the following quotations reveals Williams' opinion of Cortez?
(a) "Courageous almost beyond precedent, tactful, resourceful in misfortune..."
(b) "Spain cannot be blamed for the crassness of the discoverers."
(c) "...Nothing at the present moment seemed to disturb his aristocratic reserve."
(d) "With the force bred of a determination to face at any cost a situation fast going beyond his control..."

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

4. What quality does Williams admire in the woman who lives in the "ramshackle castle" by the railroad tracks?
(a) Her musical ability.
(b) Her creativity.
(c) Her courage.
(d) Her religious devotion.

5. Which of the following names does the narrator call Raleigh?
(a) The planter who never planted.
(b) Explorer of the Orinoco.
(c) James' man.
(d) The new King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the outcome of Freydis' actions?

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

3. Who is the narrator for the second half of "Poor Richard"?

4. Why are the Puritans important, according to the narrator?

5. What is the moral of the story about the lusty young man who fell overboard and was hauled back in?

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