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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 kind of woman is Freydis?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Fierce.
(c) Submissive.
(d) Dedicated.

2. 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."
(a) Freedom is based on ideas, not experiences.
(b) Only staying at home can free you to travel elsewhere.
(c) To be truly free, you have to be true to yourself and your heritage.
(d) To be free you have to break apart from your background and upbringing.

3. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?
(a) He is trying to check his navigational instruments to be sure that they are working properly.
(b) He is trying to reassure the crew that they have not traveled as far without seeing land as they think they have.
(c) He is trying to trick the King and Queen by giving them false information in his letters.
(d) He is trying to test a new system of measurement to see which is most accurate.

4. What happens to Cortez when the Aztecs counterattack from outside the city?
(a) He and his men win after a long battle.
(b) He and his men defeat them easily.
(c) He is forced to negotiate a temporary treaty in order to escape with his life.
(d) He loses everything and has to flee with his men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Montezuma change his clothes?

2. What does Columbus think of the New World when he reaches it?

3. 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..."

4. What people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?

5. What happens when Thorgest tries to steal from Eric the Red?

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