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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Advent of the Slaves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overall tone of Williams' remarks about the Puritans?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Wonder.
(d) Jealousy.

2. What moral weakness does the narrator comment on in Washington?
(a) His laziness.
(b) His fondness for women.
(c) His tendency to drink too much.
(d) His refusal to free his slaves.

3. Who did Ponce de Leon's pilot previously work for?
(a) Ponce de Leon's brother.
(b) The King and Queen of Spain.
(c) Montezuma.
(d) Columbus and Cortez.

4. How can Boone's attitude toward Indians best be described?
(a) Admiring.
(b) Competitive.
(c) Contemptuous.
(d) Paternalistic.

5. What does Cotton Mather say is the cause of the degeneracy of the New England community?
(a) People like Thomas Morton are undermining the values of the community.
(b) The Devil is making one more try to debauch the Puritans.
(c) Children are becoming undisciplined and grow up to think they can do whatever they wish.
(d) The Indians are setting a bad example for the colonists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Williams trying to tell the reader about Columbus when he quotes details about how harrowing the storms at sea during Columbus' voyages were?

2. Who is Freydis?

3. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?

4. Which of the following quotations reveals Williams' opinion of Cortez?

5. What is the moral of the story about the lusty young man who fell overboard and was hauled back in?

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