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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. Where did the group intend to settle?
(a) Northern Virginia.
(b) Central Virginia.
(c) Western Virginia.
(d) Eastern Virginia.

2. It was common for the punished to be removed of their ____.
(a) Public standing.
(b) Souls.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Property.

3. It is said that ______ had subtler methods.
(a) The Pope.
(b) The king.
(c) Satan.
(d) God.

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

5. What were the names of the first people married in the new colony?
(a) William and Mary.
(b) Edward and Susannah.
(c) James and Felicity.
(d) John and Elspeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The colony was going to be established in part to honor which of the following?

2. In what year did the signing take place?

3. What does the word "seceded" mean?

4. Which queen was responsible for some people being burned?

5. What adjective is used to describe the group's newly chosen city?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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.

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

5. One of the first major conflicts in the colony had to do with the celebration of Christmas. Explain the incident and how it was resolved.

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

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

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

9. Explain the change in the monarchy when Queen Elizabeth I took the throne.

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

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