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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: A Shelter and a Hiding Place.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place” that the idea of going to the New World was not novel in Winthrop’s time. Englishman “had drifted back and forth between England and the wilderness across the water” for over how many years?
(a) 60
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 40

2. Whom did Charles I appoint as Bishop of London in 1628?
(a) William Laud
(b) Isaac Johnson
(c) Thomas Dudley
(d) John Endecott

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

4. What was the name of John Winthrop’s second wife?
(a) Mary Tudor
(b) Anne Hutchinson
(c) Lucy Winthrop
(d) Thomasine Clopton

5. What company was responsible for establishing a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann in 1624?
(a) The St. James Charter Company
(b) The Plymouth Company
(c) The Massachusetts Bay Company
(d) The Dorchester Company

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeded Mary Tudor as the ruler of England?

2. The author states in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place” that “Winthrop knew that in England he was not tall enough to do anything effective for the cause of God against the towering ungodliness of” whom?

3. On what date did John Winthrop write home to Margaret from London about the prospect of moving to New England, saying, “If the Lord seeth it wil be good for us, he will provide a shelter and a hidinge place for us and ours”?

4. On what date did John Winthrop marry Margaret Tyndal?

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

(see the answer key)

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