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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 virtue does the narrator say that Washington particularly valued in his troops?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Patience.

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 things all people can do without.
(b) They are necessary to colonization.
(c) They are found in all villages.
(d) They are invented by all peoples.

3. How much time does Samuel de Champlain spend in North America before he is permitted to establish a French colony?
(a) Three years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

4. Which statement shows that Gregory believes that most people revere history without understanding it?
(a) "In the reading and interpretation of history everything falls dead unless that reality is perceived."
(b) "The serious historian of the ancient world is careful never to forget his Homer."
(c) "There must be imagination at work to discern the fabulae of history."
(d) "History, like poetry, is an ancient trap laid for the credulous and narrow-minded."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gregory say is depicted more boldly by Williams than by any other writer?

2. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?

3. Why does Franklin recommend against trying to make money in America through manufacturing?

4. Who does Columbus write to while he is on his return voyage?

5. What does the "Poor Richard" narrator say is a common misconception that Europeans have about America?

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