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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. What happens when Ponce de Leon and his men first land among the Caribs?
2. When Columbus finally lands in Spain after his second voyage, what happens to him?
3. How does De Soto keep his men alive when the maize crop fails?
4. What author does Gregory say is never accused of being insincere?
5. Which of the following quotations reveals Williams' opinion of Cortez?
Short Essay Questions
1. How could Raleigh have avoided being beheaded?
2. Why does Ponce de Leon forget his dog when he is driven away from Guadaloupe?
3. What were the markets like in Tenochtitlan?
4. What proof does Cotton Mather offer to show that witches can make themselves invisible?
5. Why does Williams find Champlain delightful?
6. How does the cacique of Quigaltam react when De Soto tells him that De Soto is the "child of the sun" and must be obeyed and offered tribute?
7. Why does Houston leave the Cherokees after they have raised him? Why does he return to them?
8. 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?
9. What does the narrator of "Sir Walter Raleigh" imply when he exhorts the Muse to sing of "the pursuit of beauty and the husk that remains," or when he says that Raleigh's England became "a mouthful of smoke sucked from the embers of a burnt weed"?
10. How does Williams say that Boone differs from other settlers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Williams writes about three historical figures who admired Indians and who preferred living with Indians to living with white settlers. Who are those three figures? Write an essay in which you draw on details from each of their stories to explain why Williams so idolizes men who made this kind of choice.
Essay Topic 2
Consider In the American Grain as a whole. What do you think William Carlos Williams is trying to tell his readers about the American national character? Do you think Williams believes there is just one national character, or several? How was the national character shaped? What do most Americans believe about their own identities as Americans? Write a strong thesis and develop it by relating examples from the book and responding to them.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the characters of Thomas Morton and Cotton Mather. How are the two men similar? How are they different? Could they have gotten along if they had lived in the same community? Why or why not? Use evidence from In the American Grain to support your answer.
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