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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 happens when Thorgest tries to steal from Eric the Red?
(a) Eric the Red removes his property, and in the ensuing chase, two of Thorgest's sons are killed.
(b) Eric the Red has to give in and let Thorgest take his property.
(c) Eric the Red decides to steal from Thorgest in return, on his way into exile.
(d) Eric the Red tries to remove his property, but Eric the Red's two sons are killed in the melee.
2. Why does Williams think that Burr did not get along with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
(a) They did not approve of Burr's affairs with women.
(b) They favored a stronger central government than he did.
(c) They had not gotten along since the first time they had met.
(d) They campaigned against Burr when he ran for office.
3. What people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?
(a) The Abenaki.
(b) The Inuit.
(c) The Iroquois.
(d) The Skrellings.
4. Where does De Soto begin his journey into the North American mainland?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Lousisiana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.
5. What explanation does the narrator give for the Puritans' lack of imagination?
(a) They think their lives depend on doing things the same way every time.
(b) They are afraid being imaginative would cut them off from the others.
(c) They do not have materials with which to exercise their creativity.
(d) They believe that God does not approve of imagination.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Tenochtitlan like?
2. What does William Carlos Williams say is the most important thing to remember about people who are descended from Africans who were brought to the Americas in slavery?
3. What does Williams say that Africans came enslaved from Africa for?
4. How does Ponce de Leon die?
5. What does the "Poor Richard" narrator say is a common misconception that Europeans have about America?
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