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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the spring of 1637, the Massachusetts Bay Colony became involved in a war with what Indian tribe?
(a) The Cherokee Indians
(b) The Narragansett Indians
(c) The Mohegan Indians
(d) The Pequot Indians

2. Tenhills Farm was located in what current city, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
(a) Mount Desert
(b) Hartford
(c) Salem
(d) Medford

3. Richard Bellingham is said to have been a lawyer in England and a member of Charles I’s Parliament of what year?
(a) 1632
(b) 1628
(c) 1631
(d) 1629

4. Where did Roger Williams go after he became dissatisfied with the church in Plymouth in 1633?
(a) Portland
(b) Salem
(c) Hartford
(d) Medford

5. The author asserts in the beginning of Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed” that “As long as Winthrop held the reins of government he held them” how?
(a) Lightly
(b) Tightly
(c) Loosely
(d) Distractedly

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

7. What “testy pastor of Ipswich, held himself unworthy to wipe John Cotton’s slippers,” according to the author in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?
(a) Nathaniel Ward
(b) John Endecott
(c) George Phillips
(d) William Blackstone

8. How many Englishmen were said to have come to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the summer of 1638?
(a) 500
(b) 1,000
(c) 3,000
(d) 5,000

9. Thomas Dudley was angered that John Winthrop had constructed a fort where, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?
(a) In Medford
(b) In Merrimack
(c) In Salem
(d) In Boston

10. When did King Charles I meet with defiance for attempting to impose the Anglican prayer book in Scotland?
(a) May, 1640
(b) September, 1641
(c) March, 1639
(d) June, 1642

11. What does the author say James Luxford was ultimately convicted of in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
(a) Bigamy, lying, and forgery
(b) Treason, forgery, and lying
(c) Murder, forgery, and lying
(d) Arson, forgery, and theft

12. In 1629, Roger Williams was chaplain to whom in Essex?
(a) Reverend John Preston
(b) King James I
(c) Charles de Menon, Sieur d'Aulnay de Charnise
(d) Sir William Masham of High Laver

13. What substantial and straightforward freeman from Dorchester drew up a list of arguments against Winthrop’s cause with the General Court, leading Winthrop to ride him down as "a troubler of Israel,” according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?
(a) Israel Stoughton
(b) William Laud
(c) George Phillips
(d) Thomas Fones

14. At the first meeting summoned by Winthrop in Charlestown, how many assistants were present, in addition to himself and Thomas Dudley?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 7
(d) 3

15. Where did Anne Hutchinson go with her followers after she was exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) Connecticut
(c) Virginia
(d) Plymouth

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from the book refers to a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, prejudices, and ignorance of the less-educated citizens in order to gain power and promote political motives?

2. How many pounds did the General Court usually pay John Winthrop per year while he was governor?

3. What two prominent ministers were chosen to carry the wisdom of the colony back to the mother country in the light of the troubles faced in 1641, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

4. What pastor in Watertown and Winthrop's neighbor back in England caused problems by teaching that the Roman Catholic Church was a legitimate body of Christians?

5. Which of John Winthrop’s sons settled in Ipswich?

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