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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 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Montezuma treat hungry people in the capital?

2. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?

3. Who tells Ponce de Leon there is a fountain of youth?

4. What reason does the narrator give for believing that Americans have trouble understanding their own national character?

5. Which statement shows that Gregory believes that most people revere history without understanding it?

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