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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. On what date did John Winthrop summon at Charlestown the first meeting labeled in the records as a General Court?
(a) March 27, 1625
(b) October 19, 1630
(c) May 15, 1629
(d) April 29, 1618

2. At the first meeting summoned by Winthrop in Charlestown, how many assistants were present, in addition to himself and Thomas Dudley?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 3

3. What were the three arrangements that John Winthrop had to oversee once he was voted as governor for the new colony and prior to departure from England?
(a) Ships, provisions, and passengers
(b) Trading routes, financial funds, and communication with the natives
(c) Ships, the establishment of the mint, and trade routes
(d) Livestock, housing, and furniture

4. After Winthrop moved the colony headquarters to Charlestown, he summoned the assistants for their first meeting on what date?
(a) May 15, 1629
(b) August 23, 1630
(c) October 19, 1630
(d) February 2, 1626

5. The author describes Anne Hutchinson’s beliefs by saying in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism” that, “In Puritan terminology this meant that "sanctification" was no evidence of” what?
(a) Edification
(b) Justification
(c) Classification
(d) Redemption

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism” to have observed that many people in Massachusetts “could hardly believe that God would suffer Mr. Cotton to err”?

2. What minister is quoted in the book as having said of his apprehension of leaving England, “The Lord made me feare my affliction came in part for running too far in a way of separation from the mixt Assemblies in England: tho I blesse God I have ever beleeved that there are true churches in many parishes in England where the Lord sets up able men and ministers of his gospell; and I have abhorred to refuse to heare any able minister in England”?

3. The Charter of the Virginia Company of London was an English joint stock company established by royal charter by whom?

4. 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?

5. In what famous sermon by John Winthrop, delivered en route to Massachusetts, did he first apply the phrase “City upon a Hill” to the founding of America?

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