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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What moral weakness does the narrator comment on in Washington?
(a) His refusal to free his slaves.
(b) His fondness for women.
(c) His tendency to drink too much.
(d) His laziness.

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

4. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?
(a) Paternalistic.
(b) Admiring.
(c) Competitive.
(d) Contemptuous.

5. Why does Lincoln borrow a neighbor's baby?
(a) To use in a play that is being put on at the local school.
(b) To pace with while he is thinking.
(c) To comfort him after the death of a loved one.
(d) To find out more about what the children of America need.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator admire Pere Rasles?

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

3. What happens to the barge that is towing John Paul Jones' ship?

4. What does Poe call Longfellow?

5. What does Williams say that people of color excel at, more so than any white person?

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