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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Virtue of History Aaron Burr.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the descendants of the Puritans?
(a) As a "race incapable of flower."
(b) As beloved friends.
(c) As malfeasant ghosts.
(d) As profane and lusty seamen.

2. What does Columbus do when he thinks the ship might capsize?
(a) He has a meeting of his crew and asks everyone to try his best.
(b) He puts a note in a cask and throws it into the sea.
(c) He prays that the ship will make it back to Spain.
(d) He curses the day he ever set out to find the New World.

3. What does the "Poor Richard" narrator say is a common misconception that Europeans have about America?
(a) It is very hard to earn a living by farming in America.
(b) Americans place a high value on leisure time and do not like to work.
(c) It is a dangerous place because there are so many Indian raids.
(d) They can move there and quickly be elected to political office.

4. What does Eric the Red say that his life is like now that he has been exiled?
(a) He is more well-admired than ever before.
(b) People can steal from him at will.
(c) People try to kill him when they see him.
(d) He is lonely and despondent.

5. Where does Eric the Red go to start over?
(a) Greenland.
(b) America.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Columbus finally lands in Spain after his second voyage, what happens to him?

2. What does Gregory think that In the American Grain is meant to do for the American national identity?

3. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?

4. Why does Williams criticize historian A. C. Adams at the beginning of "The May-Pole at Merry Mount"?

5. What do Burr's critics say about him when he runs for office?

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