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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. Some of the "heathens'" traditions were adopted as a sign of ____.
(a) Resolution.
(b) Pity.
(c) Appeasment.
(d) Scorn.

2. What was the name of the new governor's assistant?
(a) Brewster.
(b) Weston.
(c) Allerton.
(d) Bradford.

3. Which is not one of the topics mentioned in the conversation surrounding the topic?
(a) War.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Injury.
(d) Theft.

4. The group decided to leave the city and relocate to which area?
(a) Rotterdam.
(b) Leyden.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Delft.

5. What was the name of the group after it broke off from the established church?
(a) Separatists.
(b) Presbyterians.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Pagans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was not one of the people who first left to go to the new city?

2. What type of church was formed by the group?

3. Who was chosen to act as the new governor?

4. The documents asserted that the group would form into which of the following?

5. Which was one of the common diseases that plagued the people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose and the context of the pact made between Massasoit and the Pilgrims?

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

3. Many of the Pilgrims became seriously ill or died during the first months in Plymouth. Discuss the death of their prominent leader at the time. Who took the man's place?

4. Explain the attitude and behavior of the Mayflower's crew during the voyage from Europe.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. How did the Church attempt to cater to the "heathens?"

10. Bradford repeats a passage of the document, one which gives the basis of the new government as well as its aim and goals. What is the passage quoted?

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