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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 12 Failure in Xanadu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After ten years, what would happen to any land not populated?
(a) It would become the land of Spain.
(b) It would become the land of the Native Americans.
(c) It would revert back to the crown.
(d) It would revert back to the land speculator.

2. Where is the silk industry developed in the late seventeenth century?
(a) Four blocks in West London.
(b) Four blocks in North London.
(c) Four blocks in East London.
(d) Four blocks in South London.

3. What types of groups of emigrants leave steadily over the months for North America?
(a) Medium.
(b) Large.
(c) Small.
(d) Very large.

4. In the provinces, is there mass exodus anywhere in Britain?
(a) Yes.
(b) In some provinces.
(c) No.
(d) Some.

5. Who is appointed in the south to create a map?
(a) Seth Hammond.
(b) Gerry De Vane.
(c) Gerard De Brahm.
(d) Samuel Holland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bailyn's first impression of British life in the years leading up to the American Revolution?

2. In 1772, what does De Brahm present to the King?

3. Archibald Menzies decides that he had found the perfect race of people to populate Florida. What race is this?

4. In the pre-Revolutionary days, what is the largest urban center in the western world?

5. Can the precise difference between the actual numbers of emigrants and between the Register's totals be established?

(see the answer key)

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