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

2. What is De Soto looking for?
(a) Treasure.
(b) Food.
(c) The Fountain of Youth
(d) Slaves.

3. Why does the narrator say that Raleigh is now in Hell?
(a) He sent his son on a mission that got him killed.
(b) He had no regard for the safety of his colonists.
(c) He was an atheist.
(d) He broke Queen Elizabeth's heart.

4. What does Montezuma do when Cortez enters the capital?
(a) He fights against Cortez and dies.
(b) He forces Cortez to accept Aztec authority.
(c) He makes Cortez the monarch.
(d) He negotiates a peace treaty that makes him equal to Cortez.

5. What does the narrator admire about the Pilgrims?
(a) Their devotion to religion.
(b) Their respect for authority.
(c) Their fierceness and hard work.
(d) Their imagination and ingenuity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cotton Mather say is the cause of the degeneracy of the New England community?

2. What prevents Raleigh from going to the Virginia colonies?

3. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?

4. What does Jacataqua ask Aaron Burr to do?

5. Who is Freydis?

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