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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. The Peruvians navigated which body of water to reach Bensalem?

2. What was on top of the great pillar of light?

3. The crew reported having soft and weak winds for ____ months.

4. The sick were quarantined for ____ days.

5. The governor informs the sailors that they would use the island's _____ to provide ship repair.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was King Solamona? Why was he important?

2. Discuss the oath that was required for the sailors to go ashore.

3. What happened the next day when the governor visited again?

4. What was the first thing asked of the governor?

5. Describe the food brought to the sailors at the Stranger's House.

6. Who arrived on the fourth day? What was his purpose?

7. What did Atlantis, Peru and Mexico have in common at that time? What alternate names are used for these countries?

8. What was required of the sailors before they were permitted to go ashore?

9. How did the governor explain the islanders' conversion to Christianity?

10. What incident most likely caused Atlantic to be destroyed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 750 word essay on King Solamona and the founding and purpose of Salomon's House as it is relayed in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Bacon sees the debates between philosophers as being relatively useless. Why? What about the debates does not help man move forward? Bacon mentions several schools of thought that could easily spawn heated debates. Examine these topics. Also use references in the text to structure a debate on old logic versus new logic, the wisdom of the ancients versus modern philosophy.

Essay Topic 3

Navigation is referred to in several ways throughout the text. The Governor of Bensalem said it was harder to navigate because the earth was growing larger. What does this mean? Did the governor think that the earth was getting bigger, or that it was harder to navigate because more places were being explored and inhabited? How did the sailors react to the comment? What forms of navigation were used at that time? How has navigation changed since 1612?

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