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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) Contempt.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Admiration.

2. What do Burr's critics say about him when he runs for office?
(a) He is frivolous and immoral.
(b) He does not have enough experience or education.
(c) He is corrupt and would misuse power.
(d) He is secretly a Royalist.

3. What feature does Williams say most shapes Edgar Allen Poe's work?
(a) His ancestry.
(b) His locality.
(c) His education.
(d) His religion.

4. What does Columbus do when he thinks the ship might capsize?
(a) He has a meeting of his crew and asks everyone to try his best.
(b) He prays that the ship will make it back to Spain.
(c) He curses the day he ever set out to find the New World.
(d) He puts a note in a cask and throws it into the sea.

5. What kind of position is Jones' squadron in when the battle begins?
(a) Jones has only three ships left and is at a severe disadvantage.
(b) Jones has 20 ships and is at a strong advantage.
(c) Jones has the same number of ships as the enemy.
(d) Jones has fewer ships, but is in a better position geographically than the enemy is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Puritan elders to finally get fed up with Thomas Morton?

2. How does Poe respond to Lowell's criticism of him in verse?

3. What does Jacataqua ask Aaron Burr to do?

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

5. What virtue does the narrator say that Washington particularly valued in his troops?

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