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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. What does Williams say that many American crimes are caused by?
(a) Passion and anger.
(b) Cultural hatred.
(c) Spiritual starvation.
(d) Religious intolerance.

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

3. What does the narrator say about the Puritan soul?
(a) It is large and generous.
(b) It is rich and nourishing.
(c) It is kind and warmhearted.
(d) It is small and empty.

4. What does Cortez think when he enters the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan?
(a) He wonders where the gold is.
(b) He looks upon it as an impoverished village.
(c) He thinks it is wonderful and magnificent.
(d) He mentally calculates the number of slaves that could be captured.

5. What people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?
(a) The Inuit.
(b) The Skrellings.
(c) The Abenaki.
(d) The Iroquois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a term used by the narrator to describe Queen Elizabeth?

2. Toward the end of the introduction, Gregory quotes the following passage: "Question him in hell, O Muse, where he has gone, and when there is an answer, sing and make clear the reasons that he gave for that last blow. Why did he send his son into that tropic jungle and not go himself, upon so dangerous an errand?" Why does Gregory include this quote?

3. Who is Juan Ortiz?

4. What kind of literature does Gregory say is forced to answer the question of whether or not it is sincere?

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

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