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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Freydis?
(a) Eric the Red's lover.
(b) Eric the Red's sister.
(c) Eric the Red's wife.
(d) Eric the Red's daughter.

2. Why does Cortez finally burn the city?
(a) To demoralize the Aztecs so that they would stop resisting him so fiercely.
(b) To destroy a place which would have given refuge to the forces that were opposing him.
(c) To kill the inhabitants of the city who were trapped inside.
(d) To give glory to the Christian God by destroying temples full of idols.

3. What does Cotton Mather say is the cause of the degeneracy of the New England community?
(a) People like Thomas Morton are undermining the values of the community.
(b) The Indians are setting a bad example for the colonists.
(c) The Devil is making one more try to debauch the Puritans.
(d) Children are becoming undisciplined and grow up to think they can do whatever they wish.

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

5. When Columbus finally lands in Spain after his second voyage, what happens to him?
(a) He is arrested, and everything he owns is taken away and sold, even the clothing he wore.
(b) He is attacked by mobs of people who do not approve of his travels to the New World.
(c) He is celebrated and paraded through the streets as a returning hero.
(d) He is welcomed but told that the sovereigns cannot afford to pay for another voyage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?

2. What does Columbus do when he thinks the ship might capsize?

3. Who did Ponce de Leon's pilot previously work for?

4. Who or what is Mabilla?

5. Which of the following names does the narrator call Raleigh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Houston a good example of someone who "came up from under"?

2. How does Williams say that Boone differs from other settlers?

3. Why does Ponce de Leon send women ashore when he first arrives in Guadaloupe?

4. Why is Columbus puzzled by the way the King and Queen treat him?

5. What is Champlain's reaction to hearing that there will be an attempt on his life?

6. What were the markets like in Tenochtitlan?

7. What do you think will happen to the "credulous and literal-minded" if they walk into the "ancient trap" that Gregory considers history to be?

8. What kind of person does Williams say that Daniel Boone is?

9. What happens to Columbus' sailors when the weather is bad and the ships go through violent storms?

10. Why did the English put a price on Pire Rasles' head? Why did they want him killed?

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