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

2. Whom did James I appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury?
(a) George Abbott
(b) Thomas Fones
(c) Isaac Johnson
(d) William Laud

3. On what date did John Winthrop marry Margaret Tyndal?
(a) May 15, 1629
(b) July 28, 1629
(c) April 29, 1618
(d) April 7, 1630

4. In what year did John Winthrop’s second wife die?
(a) 1659
(b) 1598
(c) 1616
(d) 1629

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did John Winthrop become officially engaged to Mary Forth?

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

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

4. When did Mary Tudor die?

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

(see the answer key)

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