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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. Why does Cortez finally burn the city?
(a) To destroy a place which would have given refuge to the forces that were opposing him.
(b) To demoralize the Aztecs so that they would stop resisting him so fiercely.
(c) To kill the inhabitants of the city who were trapped inside.
(d) To give glory to the Christian God by destroying temples full of idols.

2. What do bows and arrows, corn meal, and belief in a second life all have in common, according to the narrator of "Sir Walter Raleigh"?
(a) They are found in all villages.
(b) They are necessary to colonization.
(c) They are things all people can do without.
(d) They are invented by all peoples.

3. What kind of woman is Freydis?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Dedicated.
(c) Submissive.
(d) Fierce.

4. How does Williams suggest that Ponce de Leon feels when he hears about Cortez and the wealth of Montezuma?
(a) Angry.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Restless.
(d) Happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Puritan elders to finally get fed up with Thomas Morton?

2. What happens when Montezuma asks his people not to fight back against the Spanish?

3. What does the narrator admire about the Pilgrims?

4. What does Montezuma tell Cortez?

5. Which of the following names does the narrator call Raleigh?

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