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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 is Tenochtitlan like?
(a) It is a fortress located high in the mountains, remote and impenetrable.
(b) It is a small town surrounded by stone walls, with a large castle in the middle.
(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 masterpiece of engineering; clean, with wide roads and canals, and full of beautiful gardens and markets.

2. What people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?
(a) The Abenaki.
(b) The Inuit.
(c) The Skrellings.
(d) The Iroquois.

3. Who did Ponce de Leon's pilot previously work for?
(a) Montezuma.
(b) Ponce de Leon's brother.
(c) The King and Queen of Spain.
(d) Columbus and Cortez.

4. Who does Gregory say is depicted more boldly by Williams than by any other writer?
(a) Aaron Burr.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Cotton Mather.

5. Who does the narrator address "Sir Walter Raleigh" to?
(a) The Muse.
(b) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(c) The reader.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gregory say about the way in which the reputation of In the American Grain grew?

2. What happens when Ponce de Leon and his men first land among the Caribs?

3. Which of the following quotations reveals Williams' opinion of Cortez?

4. What happens when Thorgest tries to steal from Eric the Red?

5. What is the outcome of Freydis' actions?

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