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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overall tone of Williams' remarks about the Puritans?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Wonder.
(d) Admiration.

2. How does Jones feel about the battle?
(a) He says that it is horrifying.
(b) He says that it is necessary.
(c) He says that it is beautiful.
(d) He says that it is exciting.

3. Why isn't the French Conquest as severe as the Spanish one?
(a) The Spanish are much more gentle than the French.
(b) The Spanish have many explorers to help but the French have only a couple.
(c) The Spanish massacre Indians but the French just marry local women.
(d) The Spanish want furs but the French want gold.

4. Why does Williams think that Burr did not get along with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
(a) They had not gotten along since the first time they had met.
(b) They did not approve of Burr's affairs with women.
(c) They favored a stronger central government than he did.
(d) They campaigned against Burr when he ran for office.

5. Why does Williams say that it is "water from a spring" to talk to M?
(a) Because M is always so cheerful.
(b) Because M uses such original language.
(c) Because M lives near a spring.
(d) Because M likes the rain in the spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that the Puritans should be praised for?

2. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?

3. What does Gregory mean when he says that "if anyone is looking for the secret of their good health and the freedom they exert within an individual speech and manner, it may be found in their determination to 'stay at home,' to accept the roots of their being and to grow slowly to their own maturity."

4. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?

5. Who is Thomas Morton?

(see the answer key)

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