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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The May-Pole at Merry Mount.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Columbus want to do instead of traveling to the New World again?
(a) He wants to go on vacation to someplace warm and tropical.
(b) He wants to visit his family members in Portugal.
(c) He wants to circumnavigate the globe.
(d) He wants to go on a pilgrimmage to holy places.

2. What happens when Thorgest tries to steal from Eric the Red?
(a) Eric the Red has to give in and let Thorgest take his property.
(b) Eric the Red tries to remove his property, but Eric the Red's two sons are killed in the melee.
(c) Eric the Red removes his property, and in the ensuing chase, two of Thorgest's sons are killed.
(d) Eric the Red decides to steal from Thorgest in return, on his way into exile.

3. What does Gregory think that In the American Grain is meant to do for the American national identity?
(a) Celebrate it.
(b) Mock it.
(c) Criticize it.
(d) Shape it.

4. Why does the narrator say that Raleigh is now in Hell?
(a) He broke Queen Elizabeth's heart.
(b) He had no regard for the safety of his colonists.
(c) He was an atheist.
(d) He sent his son on a mission that got him killed.

5. What does Montezuma do when Cortez enters the capital?
(a) He fights against Cortez and dies.
(b) He forces Cortez to accept Aztec authority.
(c) He negotiates a peace treaty that makes him equal to Cortez.
(d) He makes Cortez the monarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is De Soto looking for?

2. Where do De Soto and his men retreat to after the Indians burn their camp?

3. Why isn't the French Conquest as severe as the Spanish one?

4. What adjective does Williams use to describe Champlain?

5. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?

(see the answer key)

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