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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 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..."
(a) He feels that he should be allowed to see a doctor.
(b) He has been a dedicated servant of the King and Queen for his entire life.
(c) He is sorry to see that the best years of his life are behind him.
(d) He is worried about who will take on his work after he dies.

2. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?
(a) He sends troops to attack.
(b) He sends gifts to Cortez.
(c) He sends a threatening letter.
(d) He sends poisoned food.

3. How does the death of Juan Ortiz affect De Soto?
(a) It makes him feel lonely and wish he had a friend.
(b) It leaves him without a doctor.
(c) It leaves him without a translator.
(d) It leaves him without a single soldier who knows the way back.

4. What happens to Columbus on his return from his second voyage?
(a) He has to travel many miles out of his way because of a storm.
(b) He is forced to turn back and sail to the New World again.
(c) He is forced to leave and sail to England instead.
(d) He is refused permission to land in Spain even though there was a terrible storm.

5. Who is "beautiful as a cane box"?
(a) The Tuscaloosa.
(b) The female narrator.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) De Soto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Puritans important, according to the narrator?

2. Why do Ponce de Leon and his men travel north?

3. What would Gregory be most likely to describe history as?

4. What happens when the Greenlanders fight with the people they meet in the New World?

5. How do the Spanish justify killing so many peaceful islanders?

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