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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) Brewster.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Jones.
(d) Bradford.

2. During what month did the first Indian approach the settlement?
(a) August.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) March.

3. The settlers were typically split into two groups, the farmers and the ______.
(a) Peacekeepers.
(b) Builders.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Adventurers.

4. The man complained of which of the following the day before he died?
(a) Stomach ache.
(b) Heart palpatations.
(c) Tingling sensation.
(d) Headache.

5. Bradford quotes which famous philosopher?
(a) Homer.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men was one of the major players in arranging for the passage to the new location?

2. The group decided to leave the city and relocate to which area?

3. What were the names of the first people married in the new colony?

4. What does the word "seceded" mean?

5. What was the name of the high ranking Indian that approached the group for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What caused the Separatists to leave Amsterdam? Where did the group go?

3. Discuss the Narragansett Challenge.

4. Why did the Separatists choose to go to Holland? What prompted the group to move ahead with the plan?

5. 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?

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

7. Bradford quotes Socrates in regards to the treatment of the professors. What does Bradford say?

8. 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?

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

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

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