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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. In what year did the signing take place?
(a) 1612.
(b) 1618.
(c) 1622.
(d) 1620.

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

3. The people that signed the compact were loyal subjects of which monarch?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Mary.
(c) James.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. What was the name of the high ranking Indian that approached the group for the first time?
(a) Pocahontas.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Squanto.

5. Which queen was responsible for some people being burned?
(a) Mary.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the new governor's assistant?

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

3. How many points were mentioned in this decision?

4. What does the word "seceded" mean?

5. What percentage of the people in the company died shortly after the development of the new government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain the role and purpose of the "professors." Also explain their role in the Church of England.

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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?

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