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

2. What happens to Thomas Morton as a result of the Maypole celebration?
(a) He is given an award by the colonists.
(b) He is kidnapped by the Indians.
(c) He is shot in a fight.
(d) He is arrested and sent back to England.

3. Who does Cotton Mather say that New England belonged to before the New Englanders lived there?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The French.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Devil.

4. What happens to the girl Ponce de Leon gives a gold crucifix to?
(a) He finds her later under a bush with her hands cut off.
(b) He finds her later working as a slave.
(c) He accidentally kills her without knowing who she is.
(d) His men capture her and steal the crucifix back.

5. According to the narrator, which of the following is a logical outgrowth of the Puritan spirit?
(a) Creativity and genius.
(b) Inventiveness and resourcefulness.
(c) Know-nothingism and opportunism.
(d) Democracy and collective responsibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jones say he reacted to the damage incurred by the Bon Homme Richard?

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

3. What does the "Poor Richard" narrator say is a common misconception that Europeans have about America?

4. Who is "beautiful as a cane box"?

5. What happens when Ponce de Leon and his men first land among the Caribs?

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