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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. How old was John Winthrop when he married for the third time?
(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 35
(d) 25

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

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

4. 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

5. How old was John Winthrop when he left for college?
(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 17
(d) 18

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James I ascend the throne of England?

2. When did Mary Tudor die?

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

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

5. In what year did John Winthrop’s first wife, Mary Forth Winthrop, die?

(see the answer key)

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