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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through DeSoto and the New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Gregory say is never accused of being insincere?
(a) Homer.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

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

3. What does Columbus do when he thinks the ship might capsize?
(a) He has a meeting of his crew and asks everyone to try his best.
(b) He prays that the ship will make it back to Spain.
(c) He curses the day he ever set out to find the New World.
(d) He puts a note in a cask and throws it into the sea.

4. Where do De Soto and his men retreat to after the Indians burn their camp?
(a) Anhaica Apalachi.
(b) Chicacilla.
(c) Mabilla.
(d) Cutifachiqui.

5. Why is Ponce de Leon free to go exploring in Florida?
(a) He is not free to go, but goes anyway.
(b) He has been relieved of his job as Governor.
(c) He is independently wealthy and can do as he pleases.
(d) He has already accomplished all that he came for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregory think that In the American Grain is meant to do for the American national identity?

2. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?

3. Does Columbus profit from his trips to the New World?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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