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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. 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 complexity
(c) Its simplicity
(d) Its grandiosity

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

3. Who is said to have “removed himself to the Narragansett country, remarking that he had left England because he did not like the Lord Bishops and found the rule of the Lord Brethren no better” in Chapter 7: “A Due Form of Government”?
(a) Nathaniel Ward
(b) George Phillips
(c) John Wheelwright
(d) William Blackstone

4. The author describes Anne Hutchinson’s beliefs by saying in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism” that, “In Puritan terminology this meant that "sanctification" was no evidence of” what?
(a) Justification
(b) Classification
(c) Redemption
(d) Edification

5. Who is quoted in Chapter 11: “The New England Way” as having said “if the people be governors, who shall be governed?”
(a) Henry Winthrop
(b) John Cotton
(c) Thomas Shepard
(d) George Phillips

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635?

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

3. 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”?

4. Who is said in Chapter 10: “Seventeenth-Century Nihilism” to have observed that many people in Massachusetts “could hardly believe that God would suffer Mr. Cotton to err”?

5. Where had Roger Williams studied divinity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. 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”?

4. What was the impact of the dispute between John Winthrop and the representatives regarding the stipulations of the charter, as seen in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?

5. Why did John Winthrop want to retire from government in 1640, according to the author in Chapter 12: “New England or Old”?

6. 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”?

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

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

9. 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”?

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

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