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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Williams criticize historian A. C. Adams at the beginning of "The May-Pole at Merry Mount"?
2. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?
3. What happens to Thomas Morton as a result of the Maypole celebration?
4. What does Eric the Red say that his life is like now that he has been exiled?
5. How often does Montezuma change his clothes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Ponce de Leon travel around the Caribbean? What was his business there?
2. How does Williams explain the fact that Aaron Burr was never made ambassador to France, even though he was recommended three times for the appointment, and that he was never made Brigadier General, even though he was ready for the post?
3. What does Williams say is the reason Americans focus on science and inventions?
4. How did enslaved Africans react to the Christian religion, according to Williams?
5. How does Williams say that Boone differs from other settlers?
6. How did Freydis trick her husband? What happened as a result?
7. How do Columbus' voyages east, returning to Spain, differ from his voyages west, heading to the New World?
8. What makes Houston a good example of someone who "came up from under"?
9. Why does Ponce de Leon forget his dog when he is driven away from Guadaloupe?
10. What does Cotton Mather say went wrong before the witches appeared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider Williams' statement, "History, history! We fools, what do we know or care? History begins for us with murder and enslavement, not with discovery. No, we are not Indians but we are men of their world. The blood means nothing; the spirit, the ghost of the land moves in the blood, moves the blood." What does Williams mean? Do you agree with him or disagree? Write an essay in which you react to his statements.
Essay Topic 2
In "Jacataqua," Williams argues that some kinds of violence are not crimes of passion, but rather are crimes of starvation -- spiritual starvation. Write an essay explaining Williams' views on spiritual poverty and wealth, and spiritual fullness and starvation. Use quotations from In the American Grain to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of "Poor Richard," Williams states, "...almost nothing remains of the great American New World but a memory of the Indian." What do you think Williams means by this? Write an essay explaining the connection of the Indian to the American Grain. Support your answer with evidence from the book.
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