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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does Boone discover, along with his brother, just before the American Revolution?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Kentucky.

2. What does Williams say that Lincoln should be depicted as when a sculpture is made to memorialize him?
(a) A man.
(b) A scholar.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A woman.

3. Why does John Paul Jones write to Benjamin Franklin in "Battle Between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis"?
(a) To explain the circumstances leading up to the loss of a ship.
(b) To explain the outcome of a recent battle.
(c) To explain why he feels that naval policy should be changed.
(d) To explain how ships could be better maintained so that they are more resistant to fires.

4. What does Williams say that Africans came enslaved from Africa for?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Hope.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Racism.

5. How does Jones say he reacted to the damage incurred by the Bon Homme Richard?
(a) He immediately evacuated all his men and supplies off the ship.
(b) He tried his best to keep the ship afloat long enough to bring it into port.
(c) He had the ship sunk on purpose because it was no longer able to sail.
(d) He made a few repairs and then decided to abandon ship.

6. How does Poe respond to Lowell's criticism of him in verse?
(a) He says that he does not write for Mr. Lowell or for any other man but for himself.
(b) He says that Mr. Lowell should not use the anapestic rhythm, as he does not have an ear for it.
(c) He says that Mr. Lowell should stick to writing about topics that he knows more about.
(d) He says that Mr. Lowell does not understand what makes his work unique and original.

7. Why does Franklin recommend against trying to make money in America through manufacturing?
(a) To do well in manufacturing, you need large numbers of poor people who are willing to work for low wages.
(b) There are no cities in America in which to build manufacturing plants.
(c) America does not have enough raw materials to do well at manufacturing any items of commercial value.
(d) Few ships travel to America, so manufacturers could not market their goods to foreign ports.

8. Why does the narrator admire Pere Rasles?
(a) He provided useful information to the English.
(b) He mapped the area where the Abnaki lived.
(c) He converted many Puritans to Catholicism.
(d) He lived with the Abnaki Indians for 34 years.

9. How does the narrator describe George Washington's character at the beginning of "George Washington"?
(a) He says that Washington was ambitious.
(b) He says that Washington was a good man.
(c) He says that Washington was corrupted by power.
(d) He says that Washington rarely told the truth.

10. Why does Williams think that Burr did not get along with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
(a) They favored a stronger central government than he did.
(b) They campaigned against Burr when he ran for office.
(c) They had not gotten along since the first time they had met.
(d) They did not approve of Burr's affairs with women.

11. What does Houston do after he resigns as Governor of Tennessee?
(a) He joins the Indians who had been relocated to Arkansas.
(b) He settled down on a homestead and built a house.
(c) He decides to go back to school.
(d) He goes West to explore.

12. Who does the narrator say was the only American ever to see General Washington in a towering rage?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) General Lee.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Aaron Burr.

13. Why does Williams say that it is "water from a spring" to talk to M?
(a) Because M likes the rain in the spring.
(b) Because M uses such original language.
(c) Because M is always so cheerful.
(d) Because M lives near a spring.

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

15. What event in Poe's life trapped him in his poetry?
(a) The destruction of his home.
(b) The end of the war.
(c) The birth of his child.
(d) The death of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic does Boone have to have in order to live the kind of life that he lived?

2. Who raises Sam Houston during the early years of his life?

3. What does Williams say that Lincoln finds no relief from?

4. What does the narrator say was the place where Washington most liked to be?

5. What category of people does Williams say that Houston fits into?

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