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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Voyage of the Mayflower.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the coastline of North America?
(a) As a land of plenty.
(b) As a wilderness full of savages.
(c) As a land rich in mineral resources.
(d) As a swamp-infested hell.

3. What is Tenochtitlan like?
(a) It is a small town surrounded by stone walls, with a large castle in the middle.
(b) It is a masterpiece of engineering; clean, with wide roads and canals, and full of beautiful gardens and markets.
(c) It is a tiny village. The people living there are starving to death, and can offer no resistance to the Spanish.
(d) It is a fortress located high in the mountains, remote and impenetrable.

4. How does Montezuma treat hungry people in the capital?
(a) He refuses to feed the hungry, demanding instead that they pay tribute to him.
(b) He gives everyone who comes into the city a small ration of food.
(c) He offers food to anyone who is willing to do some work.
(d) He opens his larder to all who wish to eat and drink.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Ponce de Leon there is a fountain of youth?

2. What happens when Raleigh returns to England after his son's death?

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

4. What kind of woman is Freydis?

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

(see the answer key)

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