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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. When did William and Anne Hutchinson first arrive in Boston?
(a) September 18, 1634
(b) May 15, 1629
(c) February 2, 1626
(d) July 28, 1629

2. The amount of debts that John Winthrop ended up with as a result of James Luxford’s actions was how much, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?
(a) 1,000 pounds
(b) 2,500 pounds
(c) 3,000 pounds
(d) 550 pounds

3. The author begins Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked” with the assertion, “The great advantage of the government which Winthrop established in Massachusetts was” what?
(a) Its omniscience
(b) Its grandiosity
(c) Its simplicity
(d) Its complexity

4. In the spring of 1637, the author describes the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s involvement in a war with an Indian tribe. Where were the settlers that “bore the brunt of the fighting”?
(a) Virginia
(b) Connecticut
(c) New Hampshire
(d) Maine

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Dudley was angered that John Winthrop had constructed a fort where, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

2. Winthrop and his governing assistants seized whose “strong water” because he sold too much of it to other men’s servants, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed,” John Winthrop believed that the most effective weapons against separatism were “argument, admonition, and” what?

4. In the spring of 1637, the Massachusetts Bay Colony became involved in a war with what Indian tribe?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe Anne Hutchinson’s Antinomian beliefs in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?

3. How is the Reverend John Cotton described in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”? What was Cotton’s relationship to Anne Hutchinson?

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

5. 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”?

6. How does the author describe the changes in the colony during the years when John Winthrop was overthrown as governor in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

7. What were John Winthrop’s feelings about Roger Williams, according to the author in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

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

9. Where did Roger Williams go when he left Plymouth? Where did he begin a church and start to gain power, according to the author in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed”?

10. Why did John Winthrop’s choice regarding the English Civil War prove to be advantageous to the Puritans, as discussed by the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

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