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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say that Queen Elizabeth did not trust Raleigh enough to let him do?
(a) Go on voyages of exploration.
(b) Serve on great councils.
(c) Marry one of her maids.
(d) Serve in the army.

2. Which chapter does Gregory say is in some ways the product of the era in which it was written?
(a) The chapter on Daniel Boone.
(b) The chapter on John Paul Jones.
(c) The chapter on Cotton Mather.
(d) The chapter on Christopher Columbus.

3. What are Bridget Bishop and Susanna Martin indicted for?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Whoring.
(d) Witchcraft.

4. What explanation does the narrator give for the Puritans' lack of imagination?
(a) They do not have materials with which to exercise their creativity.
(b) They are afraid being imaginative would cut them off from the others.
(c) They think their lives depend on doing things the same way every time.
(d) They believe that God does not approve of imagination.

5. Who is the narrator for the second half of "Poor Richard"?
(a) An average American.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) An American Indian.
(d) William Carlos Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the coastline of North America?

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

3. How does the narrator describe the descendants of the Puritans?

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

5. How do many of the Indians react when the Spanish begin to enslave them?

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