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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. Why does Williams criticize historian A. C. Adams at the beginning of "The May-Pole at Merry Mount"?
(a) For a lack of accuracy.
(b) For a lack of scale.
(c) For a lack of detail.
(d) For a lack of common sense.

2. Which of the following names does the narrator call Raleigh?
(a) James' man.
(b) Explorer of the Orinoco.
(c) The new King.
(d) The planter who never planted.

3. What is the overall tone of Williams' remarks about the Puritans?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Admiration.

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

5. How does Ponce de Leon die?
(a) He dies of old age.
(b) He dies of disease.
(c) He is killed by his own men in a mutiny.
(d) He is killed by an Indian arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is De Soto looking for?

2. What is the moral of the story about the lusty young man who fell overboard and was hauled back in?

3. Why does "she" say that De Soto's men are beginning to hate him?

4. Why is Ponce de Leon free to go exploring in Florida?

5. What adjective does Williams use to describe Champlain?

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