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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jacataqua.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Williams say that intense emotions affect our perceptions of things?
(a) They make everything better.
(b) They make everything harder.
(c) They make everything confusing.
(d) They make everything larger.

2. Why is De Soto uncertain whether he wants to meet Francisco Maldonado?
(a) He fears that Maldonado would antagonize the Indians.
(b) He thinks he might be forced to offer Maldonado some help.
(c) He thinks that Maldonado might get credit for De Soto's accomplishments.
(d) He does not get along with Maldonado.

3. Which of the following is one of the goals, listed by Cotton Mather, that the Puritans have in mind when they found their colonies?
(a) They want a man to be able to spend seven years in the community and be able to say that he had not heard one oath sworn.
(b) They want to know that every child, rich or poor, in the community would be able to read the Bible.
(c) They want to be certain that every person in the community had enough to eat and drink.
(d) They want to be sure that every person in the community went to church every Sunday.

4. What does Williams say that many American crimes are caused by?
(a) Spiritual starvation.
(b) Passion and anger.
(c) Religious intolerance.
(d) Cultural hatred.

5. What does Jacataqua ask Aaron Burr to do?
(a) Eat with her.
(b) Hunt with her.
(c) Fight. with her.
(d) Sleep with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams say that American families cheat their daughters out of by trying to frighten them into delaying the loss of their virginity?

2. What does Cotton Mather think about the gods of the Indian nations?

3. What does Cotton Mather say is the cause of the degeneracy of the New England community?

4. What are Bridget Bishop and Susanna Martin indicted for?

5. Who or what is Mabilla?

(see the answer key)

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