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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through DeSoto and the New World.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Gregory mean when he says that "if anyone is looking for the secret of their good health and the freedom they exert within an individual speech and manner, it may be found in their determination to 'stay at home,' to accept the roots of their being and to grow slowly to their own maturity."
(a) Freedom is based on ideas, not experiences.
(b) Only staying at home can free you to travel elsewhere.
(c) To be truly free, you have to be true to yourself and your heritage.
(d) To be free you have to break apart from your background and upbringing.
2. What happens to Cortez when the Aztecs counterattack from outside the city?
(a) He and his men win after a long battle.
(b) He loses everything and has to flee with his men.
(c) He and his men defeat them easily.
(d) He is forced to negotiate a temporary treaty in order to escape with his life.
3. What does Montezuma tell Cortez?
(a) That Cortez is not a god, but flesh and blood like other men.
(b) That the Aztecs will welcome the Spanish as Allies and help them to defeat the countryside.
(c) That the Spanish cannot hope to defeat such a large and well-supplied enemy.
(d) That Montezuma is not a god, but flesh and blood like other men.
4. Where do De Soto and his men retreat to after the Indians burn their camp?
(a) Cutifachiqui.
(b) Chicacilla.
(c) Anhaica Apalachi.
(d) Mabilla.
5. Who is Freydis?
(a) Eric the Red's lover.
(b) Eric the Red's sister.
(c) Eric the Red's wife.
(d) Eric the Red's daughter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?
2. Why does Cortez finally burn the city?
3. Who is "beautiful as a cane box"?
4. What kind of literature does Gregory say is forced to answer the question of whether or not it is sincere?
5. How does Ponce de Leon die?
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