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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. What does Eric the Red say that his life is like now that he has been exiled?
(a) People can steal from him at will.
(b) He is more well-admired than ever before.
(c) He is lonely and despondent.
(d) People try to kill him when they see him.

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

3. What does Montezuma tell Cortez?
(a) That Montezuma is not a god, but flesh and blood like other men.
(b) That Cortez is not a god, but flesh and blood like other men.
(c) That the Spanish cannot hope to defeat such a large and well-supplied enemy.
(d) That the Aztecs will welcome the Spanish as Allies and help them to defeat the countryside.

4. What adjective does the narrator use to describe the Pilgrims' eagerness to share their beliefs?
(a) Dreadful.
(b) Hard-working.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Bold.

5. What does Queen Elizabeth force Raleigh to do when she calls him back from the fleet's attack on Spain?
(a) Travel to Africa.
(b) Marry one of her maids.
(c) Become a diplomat.
(d) Join the crew of a ship heading to the Americas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ponce de Leon die?

3. What does the narrator say that Queen Elizabeth did not trust Raleigh enough to let him do?

4. 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."

5. Why does the narrator say that Raleigh is now in Hell?

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