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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. Which of the following names does the narrator call Raleigh?
(a) The planter who never planted.
(b) Explorer of the Orinoco.
(c) The new King.
(d) James' man.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes the narrator's experience of Paris?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Disorienting.
(c) Productive.
(d) Disquieting.

3. Why does Franklin recommend against trying to make money in America through manufacturing?
(a) To do well in manufacturing, you need large numbers of poor people who are willing to work for low wages.
(b) Few ships travel to America, so manufacturers could not market their goods to foreign ports.
(c) America does not have enough raw materials to do well at manufacturing any items of commercial value.
(d) There are no cities in America in which to build manufacturing plants.

4. How does the narrator say that Puritans viewed the Indian?
(a) As a degenerate.
(b) As a fellow Christian.
(c) As a savage devil.
(d) As an unformed Puritan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that Raleigh is now in Hell?

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

3. What happens to Columbus on his return from his second voyage?

4. Who did Ponce de Leon's pilot previously work for?

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

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