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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 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”?
(a) John Endecott and Thomas Dudley
(b) Thomas Welde and Hugh Peter
(c) Isaac Johnson and John Humfrey
(d) Robert Ryece and William Laud

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”?
(a) Robert Ryece and William Laud
(b) Jacobus Arminius and John Preston
(c) Brampton Gurdon and Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston
(d) Matthew Cradock and John Humfrey

3. 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) Distractedly
(b) Tightly
(c) Loosely
(d) Lightly

4. When Roger Williams was first offered a position as minister at the Salem church, John Winthrop wrote to whom, marveling that they would choose a teacher with such dangerous views?
(a) Sir Richard Saltonstall
(b) John Endecott
(c) Roger Ludlow
(d) Reverend John Wheelwright

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was chosen by the followers of Anne Hutchinson to serve as the official spokesperson for her views in 1636?

2. Who is quoted in Chapter 11: “The New England Way” as having said “if the people be governors, who shall be governed?”

3. In what year was Richard Bellingham first elected as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

4. 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”?

5. When did the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony finally order Roger Williams to leave the colony within six weeks?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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”?

2. How did the Puritans perceive the relationship between church and state, according to the author in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?

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

4. 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?

5. What were the faults of John Endecott and Thomas Dudley as legislators, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

6. What ordinance does the author describe Nathaniel Ward as having introduced in Chapter 11: “The New England Way”?

7. What type of government did the Massachusetts Bay Company charter entitle the officers to establish for the colony, according to the author in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?

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

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

10. What led up to the banishment of Reverend Wheelwright, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism”?

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