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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 left for college?
(a) 17
(b) 15
(c) 18
(d) 16

2. 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) Respond to God’s will
(c) Achieve faith and win salvation
(d) Deny grace

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

4. What was the name of the London apothecary that John Winthrop’s older sister Anne married?
(a) Thomas Fones
(b) John Endecott
(c) Thomas Shepard
(d) George Phillips

5. When did Mary Tudor die?
(a) 1660
(b) 1498
(c) 1625
(d) 1558

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Of whom does the author say in Chapter 2: “Evil and Declining Times,” “[T]heir defiance was also a desertion. They failed their fellow men. They abandoned a charity to which the Puritans held fast”?

4. On what date did Charles I formally dissolve the English Parliament?

5. On what date was Charles I crowned at Westminster Abbey?

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