1. On what date did John Winthrop marry his second wife?
(a) May 15, 1629
(b) February 2, 1626
(c) April 29, 1618
(d) December 6, 1615

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

3. On what date did James I die?
(a) April 7, 1630
(b) March 27, 1625
(c) April 29, 1618
(d) June 11, 1630

4. In what year did John Winthrop’s first wife, Mary Forth Winthrop, die?
(a) 1600
(b) 1629
(c) 1615
(d) 1620

5. According to the author, Arminianism was a belief that men could do what by their own will power?
(a) Endorse one another’s salvation
(b) Deny grace
(c) Achieve faith and win salvation
(d) Respond to God’s will

Short Answer 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?

2. Tattershall is described in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England” as the home of whom?

3. Where does the Merrimack River empty into the Atlantic Ocean?

4. Who is described as “one of the Puritans’ most illustrious preachers” and spoke before the House of Commons in the summer of 1625?

5. In what year did King Charles I ascend the throne of England?

(see the answer key)

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