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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 category of people does Williams say that Houston fits into?
(a) Those who go under and then drown.
(b) Those who come up from under.
(c) Those who tread water their entire lives.
(d) Those who never struggle or try to succeed.

2. What does Cotton Mather think about the gods of the Indian nations?
(a) He thinks that they are other gods.
(b) He thinks that they are idols.
(c) He thinks that they are imaginary.
(d) He thinks that they are devils.

3. What state does Houston become Governor of, and later serve as a U.S. Senator from?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Texas.
(c) Nevada.
(d) New Mexico.

4. What does Williams say that people of color excel at, more so than any white person?
(a) Dancing and playing sports.
(b) Cooking and planning a gourmet menu.
(c) Singing jazz music and spirituals.
(d) Cleanliness and picking out beautiful fabrics to wear.

5. What prevents Raleigh from going to the Virginia colonies?
(a) The death of the queen.
(b) The death of his son.
(c) His own death.
(d) The death of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements shows that Eric the Red has accepted his fate?

2. What happens when the Greenlanders fight with the people they meet in the New World?

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

4. How does Williams say that intense emotions affect our perceptions of things?

5. Who or what is Mabilla?

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