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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was not one of the people who first left to go to the new city?
(a) Jones.
(b) Bradford.
(c) Robinson.
(d) Brewster.

2. What word was often used to describe the new queen?
(a) Righteous.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Rigid.
(d) Tolerant.

3. The man was soon labeled as being ____.
(a) Righteous.
(b) Sly.
(c) Idiotic.
(d) Unscrupulous.

4. What was one of the main obstacles to going to the new city?
(a) Passage.
(b) Land.
(c) Language.
(d) Money.

5. The deaths occurred over what time period?
(a) 3-4 months.
(b) 2-3 months.
(c) 4-6 months.
(d) 1-2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item(s) had been confiscated by the ship's crew?

2. Which holiday has not been affected by the adoption of the traditions?

3. Which is not mentioned as a form of torture?

4. Within ____ the new arrivals had fallen out of good graces with the church.

5. It is said that ______ had subtler methods.

Short Essay Questions

1. Bradford recounts that the first foundation of the new government was created and put into place aboard the Mayflower. Discuss the events that prompted the design of the agreement.

2. State at least one part of the purpose of the Mayflower Compact as well as the aim of the new government. What about the agreement may seem ironic?

3. Explain the new reign of James I and the consequences for the Separatists.

4. How did some people justify the torture and murder of the professors? What became of the survivors?

5. What does the text say about the poor, and sometimes fatal, treatment of those that dared to go up against the Church?

6. Discuss the first meeting between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Who were the first to make contact?

7. What gift did Massasoit leave behind for the Pilgrims? What was the purpose? How long did the arrangement last?

8. Discuss the next step for the Separatists once they were all but forced out of Britain. What did the Monarchy think about the exodus?

9. Discuss when the Separatists moved to Holland and what they found upon their arrival in Amsterdam.

10. What was the newly formed identity of the professors?

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