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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. Who is said to have “removed himself to the Narragansett country, remarking that he had left England because he did not like the Lord Bishops and found the rule of the Lord Brethren no better” in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?
(a) John Wheelwright
(b) Nathaniel Ward
(c) William Blackstone
(d) George Phillips

2. 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?
(a) Paul
(b) James
(c) William
(d) Samuel

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) Livestock, housing, and furniture
(b) Ships, the establishment of the mint, and trade routes
(c) Ships, provisions, and passengers
(d) Trading routes, financial funds, and communication with the natives

4. On what date did the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company select John Winthrop as the governor of the new colony?
(a) May 15, 1629
(b) October 20, 1629
(c) February 2, 1626
(d) July 28, 1629

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What minister that lived near Groton Manor and accompanied Winthrop to New England was so obsessed with the need for avoiding separatism that “he declared not only the churches of England but also those of Rome to be true churches”?

3. Thomas Dudley had been whose steward in England?

4. 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?

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?

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