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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 people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?
(a) The Abenaki.
(b) The Iroquois.
(c) The Skrellings.
(d) The Inuit.

2. What happens to Columbus when he finally makes it back to Spain?
(a) Storms make it impossible to set sail again for several months.
(b) He loses his religious faith and decides to leave the Church.
(c) He is accused of making a deal with the King of Portugal.
(d) The King and Queen refuse to finance any future trips to the New World.

3. Who does Columbus write to while he is on his return voyage?
(a) Friends who were left behind in the New World.
(b) His wife.
(c) His family members in Europe.
(d) The King and Queen of Spain.

4. 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) History matters only to fools.
(b) It is dangerous to get involved in history.
(c) History is full of lies.
(d) Most Americans know little of history.

5. Why does Cortez finally burn the city?
(a) To kill the inhabitants of the city who were trapped inside.
(b) To demoralize the Aztecs so that they would stop resisting him so fiercely.
(c) To give glory to the Christian God by destroying temples full of idols.
(d) To destroy a place which would have given refuge to the forces that were opposing him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregory mean when he says that "if anyone is looking for the secret of their good health and the freedom they exert within an individual speech and manner, it may be found in their determination to 'stay at home,' to accept the roots of their being and to grow slowly to their own maturity."

2. What does the following sentence mean? "Rather the ice than their way: to take what is mine by single strength, theirs by the crookedness of their law."

3. 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?

4. How does Freydis handle her quarrel with the two brothers, Helgi and Finnbogi?

5. What happens when Montezuma asks his people not to fight back against the Spanish?

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