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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 93. For how many years does the author say the “human flood swept into Massachusetts, pushing up the rivers, swarming over the champion lands, some twenty thousand souls, and every soul was checked off as saved or damned” in Chapter 6: “A Special Commission”?
(a) For two years
(b) For six years
(c) For ten years
(d) For five years

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?
(a) King James
(b) Queen Mary
(c) King Charles
(d) Queen Elizabeth

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

4. On what date did James I die?
(a) April 29, 1618
(b) March 27, 1625
(c) April 7, 1630
(d) June 11, 1630

5. Of the plan developed for governing the proposed colony by the Massachusetts Bay Company, the author says in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England,” “The colony would not be a mere commercial enterprise, nor would it be simply a hiding place from the wrath of God. It would be instead” what?
(a) A new start; a blank slate for democracy
(b) The promise land of wealth, independence, and liberty
(c) An idealized model of England but lacking of its corruption and authority
(d) The citadel of God’s chosen people, a spearhead of world Protestantism

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did many members of Parliament oppose the marriage of Charles I?

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

3. On what date did John Winthrop marry his second wife?

4. What company established the Sagadahoc Colony in 1607 in present-day Maine?

5. Who is said to have warned Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Company in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place,” saying "The pipe goeth sweete tyll the Byrde be in the nett, many bewtifull hopes are sett before your eyes to allewer you to danger"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arguments did the Massachusetts Bay Company make regarding settlement in the New World in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place”?

2. What did Puritanism mean to John Winthrop in the 1610s and 1620s? How did his beliefs influence his actions, according to the author in Chapter 1: “The Taming of the Heart”?

3. How does the author describe the groups called the Presbyterians and the Congregationalists in Chapter 6: “A Special Commission”?

4. What official statement did John Winthrop’s party pen prior to their departure, according to the author in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”?

5. How did John Winthrop perceive the growing corruption within the English government, according to the author in Chapter 2: “Evil and Declining Times”?

6. How does the author describe the journey of John Winthrop’s fleet in Chapter 5: “Survival”? Where did the fleet cast anchor in America?

7. Who was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company when the company members met to discuss the charter in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”? What plans were made at this meeting?

8. What “technical oversight” allowed the Massachusetts Bay Company greater freedom from the crown, according to the author in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”?

9. What caused the tensions within Puritanism in the 1610s and 1620s, according to the author in Chapter 1: “The Taming of the Heart”?

10. How does the author describe the beliefs of the Puritans when John Winthrop converted in Chapter 1: “The Taming of the Heart”?

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