The Puritan Dilemma; the Story of John Winthrop Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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The Puritan Dilemma; the Story of John Winthrop Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Seventeenth Century Nihilism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was John and Margaret Winthrop’s son that stayed with Margaret when John Winthrop first set out for New England?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

2. On what date did John Winthrop and several other prominent Puritans who were interested in emigrating assemble in Lincolnshire to talk it over, according to the author in the beginning of Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”?
(a) July 16, 1630
(b) October 19, 1630
(c) February 2, 1626
(d) July 28, 1629

3. Anne Hutchinson is said to have gained a wide acquaintance in Boston by serving as what, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?
(a) A baker
(b) A church leader
(c) A royal servant
(d) A midwife

4. When was John Cotton chosen as the teacher at the Boston church, shortly after his arrival in New England?
(a) July, 1632
(b) May, 1629
(c) September, 1633
(d) October, 1635

5. The author states in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government,” that when Winthrop and eleven other members of the Massachusetts Bay Company met “on August 26, 1629, they agreed to go to New England if the charter and headquarters of the company could be transferred with them.” How many of the twelve kept their pledge, arriving with Winthrop or shortly after?
(a) 7
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 8

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did John Winthrop ride to Cambridge, “where he with eleven other leading Puritans signed an agreement to be ready by the following March to embark for New England”?

2. Who was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company when John Winthrop went to Cambridge to sign the agreement to be ready by the following March to Embark for New England?

3. On what date did the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company select John Winthrop as the governor of the new colony?

4. Winthrop and his fellow Puritans published a statement maintaining their love for the Church of England and insisting that they were not separatists, which they issued from their ship on what date?

5. What was the name of John and Margaret Winthrop’s youngest son that stayed with Margaret when John Winthrop first set out for New England?

(see the answer key)

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