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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Houston defeat Santa Ana?
(a) During the Revolutionary War.
(b) During the Civil War.
(c) During World War I.
(d) During the battle for Texan independence.

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

4. What state does Houston become Governor of, and later serve as a U.S. Senator from?
(a) Texas.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Nevada.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Landais' insubordination to John Paul Jones begin?

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

3. What does the narrator's interlocutor, Valyry Larbaud, admire about the Puritans?

4. What does Williams say that Americans think they will lose if they were ever to serve another person?

5. Why does the narrator admire Pere Rasles?

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