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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Edgar Allen Poe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Columbus profit from his trips to the New World?
(a) No, he is left financially ruined and impoverished.
(b) Yes, he is rewarded with all the gold he could ever want.
(c) Yes, he is able to sell many things that he took from the islands.
(d) No, but at least the voyages do not harm him financially.

2. What happens to Columbus on his return from his second voyage?
(a) He has to travel many miles out of his way because of a storm.
(b) He is forced to leave and sail to England instead.
(c) He is forced to turn back and sail to the New World again.
(d) He is refused permission to land in Spain even though there was a terrible storm.

3. What happens when Raleigh returns to England after his son's death?
(a) He is beheaded.
(b) He is stripped of his knighthood.
(c) He is sent away on another voyage.
(d) He is knighted.

4. When does Houston defeat Santa Ana?
(a) During the Civil War.
(b) During the Revolutionary War.
(c) During the battle for Texan independence.
(d) During World War I.

5. How does De Soto keep his men alive when the maize crop fails?
(a) He sends the men out to hunt and fish.
(b) He rations corn.
(c) He gives each man 1/2 pound of pork daily.
(d) He writes to Spain for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cortez think when he enters the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan?

2. According to the narrator, what was Boone's emotional state when he lived alone in the wilderness for three months?

3. What happens to Columbus when he finally makes it back to Spain?

4. Which of the following is one of the goals, listed by Cotton Mather, that the Puritans have in mind when they found their colonies?

5. At the beginning of the Introduction, Horace Gregory quotes William Carlos Williams as saying "History, history! We fools, what do we know or care?" What does Gregory think Williams means by this?

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