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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. What was the name of John Winthrop’s second wife?
(a) Thomasine Clopton
(b) Lucy Winthrop
(c) Anne Hutchinson
(d) Mary Tudor

2. The author states in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place” that “Winthrop knew that in England he was not tall enough to do anything effective for the cause of God against the towering ungodliness of” whom?
(a) King James
(b) Queen Elizabeth
(c) Queen Mary
(d) King Charles

3. In what year did John Winthrop’s eldest son, John Jr., come of age?
(a) 1627
(b) 1635
(c) 1701
(d) 1565

4. 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) Samuel
(b) Paul
(c) James
(d) William

5. What is the approximate distance between London, England, and Boston, Massachusetts?
(a) 3,300 miles
(b) 1,550 miles
(c) 4,230 miles
(d) 2,000 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place” that the founding of colonies was notoriously what kind of activity?

2. How old was John Winthrop when he left for college?

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

4. What was the name of the estate that Adam Winthrop purchased as a confiscated monastery at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk?

5. The Massachuset, Nauset, and Wampanoag people spoke using what subfamily of Native American languages?

(see the answer key)

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