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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. What does Cotton Mather think about the gods of the Indian nations?
(a) He thinks that they are other gods.
(b) He thinks that they are idols.
(c) He thinks that they are devils.
(d) He thinks that they are imaginary.

2. What is Williams trying to tell the reader about Columbus when he quotes details about how harrowing the storms at sea during Columbus' voyages were?
(a) Columbus' literary skill.
(b) Columbus' good judgment.
(c) Columbus' foolhardiness.
(d) Columbus' courage.

3. How do the Spanish justify killing so many peaceful islanders?
(a) They say it is necessary to kill people to take the land for Spain.
(b) They claim that Indians had no souls.
(c) They call the killings self-defense.
(d) They insist that God told them to do it.

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

5. What is the outcome of Freydis' actions?
(a) Freydis is exiled from her community like Eric the Red.
(b) Freydis' family is always thought to be evil after that.
(c) Freydis becomes a politician and the leader of her community.
(d) Freydis is tried in criminal court and jailed for her actions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator say that the Puritans went on to persecute later?

3. What happens to Columbus when he finally makes it back to Spain?

4. Which of the following quotations reveals Williams' opinion of Cortez?

5. Why do the Puritans disapprove of Thomas Morton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Benjamin Franklin say that manufacturing is not a viable activity in the American economy?

2. How is Morton treated by his captors?

3. What proof does Cotton Mather offer to show that witches can make themselves invisible?

4. What is the one moral failing that Williams mentions that George Washington has? How does this failing affect Washington?

5. Why did Ponce de Leon travel around the Caribbean? What was his business there?

6. Why does Houston leave the Cherokees after they have raised him? Why does he return to them?

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

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

9. Why does Williams find Champlain delightful?

10. Why did De Soto's men try to keep the Indians from finding out about his death?

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