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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Destruction of Tenochtitlan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Columbus profit from his trips to the New World?
(a) No, but at least the voyages do not harm him financially.
(b) Yes, he is rewarded with all the gold he could ever want.
(c) No, he is left financially ruined and impoverished.
(d) Yes, he is able to sell many things that he took from the islands.

2. How does Freydis handle her quarrel with the two brothers, Helgi and Finnbogi?
(a) She talks to her neighbors about the brothers, turning the community against them until they are forced into exile.
(b) She steals property from the brothers and refuses to give it back, claiming that it will compensate her for the quarrel.
(c) She goes to court against the brothers and sues them, winning her case and forcing them to pay a fine.
(d) She tricks her husband into killing them, and kills the women of their household herself.

3. What does Columbus want to do instead of traveling to the New World again?
(a) He wants to visit his family members in Portugal.
(b) He wants to go on a pilgrimmage to holy places.
(c) He wants to go on vacation to someplace warm and tropical.
(d) He wants to circumnavigate the globe.

4. What happens when Montezuma asks his people not to fight back against the Spanish?
(a) He is hit on the head by a stone, which kills him.
(b) He frightens the Aztecs and they run away.
(c) He convinces the Aztecs to lay down their arms peacefully.
(d) He stirs the Aztecs to resist even more fiercely than before.

5. What does Gregory say about the way in which the reputation of In the American Grain grew?
(a) It became more popular when it was marketed more aggressively.
(b) It became more popular as it was falling out of print.
(c) It became more popular when it was published in a magazine.
(d) It became more popular after Williams died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Freydis?

2. Why does Cortez finally burn the city?

3. What is Tenochtitlan like?

4. What is Williams trying to tell the reader about Columbus when he quotes details about how harrowing the storms at sea during Columbus' voyages were?

5. What does Cortez think when he enters the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan?

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