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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Evil and Declining Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Charles I formally dissolve the English Parliament?
(a) March 1, 1642
(b) March 10, 1629
(c) July 28, 1629
(d) August 23, 1630

2. When John Winthrop was young, his father became a director at what college?
(a) Trinity College, Cambridge
(b) Abingdon and Witney College
(c) Aylesbury College
(d) Oxford College, London

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Winthrop’s younger sister who married Emmanuel Downing?

2. John Winthrop worked in London as counsel to a Parliamentary committee engaged in drafting legislation, and following this, he was appointed what government job?

3. In what year did the English navy defeat the Spanish Armada, ensuring that the Catholic Church could not recapture England?

4. In what year did John Winthrop’s second wife die?

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

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