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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. What is Columbus' point when he makes the following statement: "I was twenty-eight years old when I came into your Highnesses' service, and now I have not a hair upon me that is not gray; my body is infirm..."
(a) He is worried about who will take on his work after he dies.
(b) He has been a dedicated servant of the King and Queen for his entire life.
(c) He feels that he should be allowed to see a doctor.
(d) He is sorry to see that the best years of his life are behind him.

2. What happens to Columbus on his return from his second voyage?
(a) He is forced to leave and sail to England instead.
(b) He is forced to turn back and sail to the New World again.
(c) He has to travel many miles out of his way because of a storm.
(d) He is refused permission to land in Spain even though there was a terrible storm.

3. Where does Eric the Red go to start over?
(a) America.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Iceland.

4. What would Gregory be most likely to describe history as?
(a) A science in its own right.
(b) A tapestry of culture and stories.
(c) A story written only by the winners.
(d) A compendium of dates, data, and quotations.

5. At the beginning of the Introduction, Horace Gregory quotes William Carlos Williams as saying "History, history! We fools, what do we know or care?" What does Gregory think Williams means by this?
(a) It is dangerous to get involved in history.
(b) History matters only to fools.
(c) Most Americans know little of history.
(d) History is full of lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Columbus write to while he is on his return voyage?

2. Williams, referring to the King's and Queen's promises to Columbus, remarks, "What power had such ridiculous little promises to stay a man against that terrific downpour on the brink of which they were all floating?". What promises is Williams referring to?

3. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?

4. Who is Freydis?

5. What is the outcome of Freydis' actions?

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