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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. Which of the following supposedly took its toll on Atlantis?

2. What is the sailor's name for Atlantis?

3. What name is given to the person in this position?

4. According to the text, it took ____ years for Atlantis to be destroyed.

5. What was the name of the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe the Stranger's House?

2. What was the governor's explanation to the sailor's question?

3. What speech was made to the men after they had retrieved all of their goods and sick counterparts from the ship?

4. What happened the next morning after the sailors settled into their assigned lodgings?

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

6. What is said about Atlantis at this point?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a detailed short story from the point of view of one of the sailors when landing on Bensalem. Explore every aspect of the island from the food to the terrain, animals, hosts, and climate. Incorporate characters from the text in a new and unique way.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Explain in detail the main differences between the Christian and Jewish cultures. Do you feel that Bacon's comments were objective? How did Joabin react to Bacon's questions? Where do the Christian and Jewish faiths become most separate? Explain.

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