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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. The author says of Winthrop in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place” that he “did not aim at power for the sake of power, but he longed to” do what?
(a) Found a religious Eden
(b) Separate the colony from control of the King
(c) Use his talents in the cause of God
(d) Use his talents for the creation of wealth

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

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

4. In the agreement worked out with the Massachusetts Bay Company’s investors, it was agreed that the company would be managed by undertakers. How many of these undertakers would be stationed in England?
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 7

5. What was the name of the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet that sailed to the New World?
(a) The Queen Mary
(b) The New World
(c) The Arbella
(d) The Lyon

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did many members of Parliament oppose the marriage of Charles I?

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

3. How old was John Winthrop when he married for the third time?

4. Who is said to have warned Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Company in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place,” saying "The pipe goeth sweete tyll the Byrde be in the nett, many bewtifull hopes are sett before your eyes to allewer you to danger"?

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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