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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Way to a New England.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Peak of Eloquence
(b) Approbate Consuetudinis
(c) A Model of Christian Charity
(d) On the Danger of an Unconverted Ministry

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”?
(a) Nathaniel Ward
(b) George Phillips
(c) Nicholas Knopp
(d) Roger Williams

3. Where did John Winthrop enroll to study law in 1613?
(a) Stafford College
(b) Tameside College
(c) Uxbridge College
(d) Gray’s Inn

4. When was John Calvin born?
(a) 1509
(b) 1665
(c) 1559
(d) 1598

5. Why did many members of Parliament oppose the marriage of Charles I?
(a) He married a Jew
(b) He married a Calvinist
(c) He married a Presbyterian
(d) He married a Roman Catholic

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mary Tudor die?

2. According to the author, Arminianism was a belief that men could do what by their own will power?

3. When was Mary Tudor born?

4. On what date did John Winthrop write home to Margaret from London about the prospect of moving to New England, saying, “If the Lord seeth it wil be good for us, he will provide a shelter and a hidinge place for us and ours”?

5. Whom did James I appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury?

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