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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Separation Unleashed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Winthrop and his fellow Puritans published a statement maintaining their love for the Church of England and insisting that they were not separatists, which they issued from their ship on what date?
(a) April 29, 1618
(b) April 7, 1630
(c) March 27, 1625
(d) July 28, 1629

2. Regarding the use of alcohol, the Puritans imposed a self-denying ordinance that forbade what?
(a) The consumption of any type of alcohol
(b) The partaking of hard liquors
(c) Drinking toasts to one another
(d) The partaking of wine outside of church

3. After Winthrop moved the colony headquarters to Charlestown, he summoned the assistants for their first meeting on what date?
(a) February 2, 1626
(b) August 23, 1630
(c) October 19, 1630
(d) May 15, 1629

4. On what date did John Winthrop summon at Charlestown the first meeting labeled in the records as a General Court?
(a) March 27, 1625
(b) May 15, 1629
(c) April 29, 1618
(d) October 19, 1630

5. When did James I ascend the throne of England?
(a) 1698
(b) 1567
(c) 1625
(d) 1598

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before John Winthrop’s arrival in the New World had Samuel Maverick arrived with his bride and built a house?

2. 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?

3. How old was John and Margaret Winthrop’s son that stayed with Margaret when John Winthrop first set out for New England?

4. At the first meeting summoned by Winthrop in Charlestown, how many assistants were present, in addition to himself and Thomas Dudley?

5. In what year did King Charles I ascend the throne of England?

(see the answer key)

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