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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. What minister does the author describe in 1633 as giving a lecture in Boston when he was questioned on whether or not women ought to wear veils in church in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?
(a) Reverend John Wilson
(b) Reverend John Cotton
(c) Reverend George Phillips
(d) Reverend John Wheelwright

2. How many graduates received diplomas in Harvard College’s first graduating class?
(a) 15
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 6

3. Who is described in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed” as the “judicious governor of the colony” at Plymouth that found Roger Williams to be godly and zealous?
(a) John Haynes
(b) John Wilson
(c) Roger Ludlow
(d) William Bradford

4. How many pounds did the General Court usually pay John Winthrop per year while he was governor?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 50
(d) 25

5. 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) Thomas Fones
(b) William Laud
(c) Israel Stoughton
(d) George Phillips

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When John Winthrop found himself in considerable debt, what two friends wrote from London offering to loan him money, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

3. Who was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634?

4. When Roger Williams first arrived at the colony, what minister and teacher of the Boston church was returning to England to fetch his wife?

5. On what date did John Winthrop summon at Charlestown the first meeting labeled in the records as a General Court?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Winthrop’s system of elections established, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”? On what grounds was this system established?

2. What decision did John Winthrop make regarding the English Civil War? Why?

3. What did the Massachusetts Bay Company charter grant in terms of the establishment of a government for the colony, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?

4. What forced John Winthrop to reveal the stipulations of the charter to the colonists, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

5. What problems arose in the Massachusetts colony as a result of the outbreak of the English Civil War?

6. What did the representatives learn when they studied the charter in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

7. When was the “Body of Liberties” adopted in Massachusetts? What did this document contain?

8. What power did the clergy have in the Massachusetts settlement, according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?

9. When did Roger Williams come to New England? How was his arrival in the colony described in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

10. What was innovative and potentially controversial about the system of government established by Winthrop and his associates, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?

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