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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Voyage of the Mayflower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?
(a) He is trying to reassure the crew that they have not traveled as far without seeing land as they think they have.
(b) He is trying to check his navigational instruments to be sure that they are working properly.
(c) He is trying to test a new system of measurement to see which is most accurate.
(d) He is trying to trick the King and Queen by giving them false information in his letters.

2. What does Columbus want to do instead of traveling to the New World again?
(a) He wants to go on a pilgrimmage to holy places.
(b) He wants to visit his family members in Portugal.
(c) He wants to circumnavigate the globe.
(d) He wants to go on vacation to someplace warm and tropical.

3. What happens when Raleigh returns to England after his son's death?
(a) He is sent away on another voyage.
(b) He is beheaded.
(c) He is stripped of his knighthood.
(d) He is knighted.

4. Where do De Soto and his men retreat to after the Indians burn their camp?
(a) Chicacilla.
(b) Mabilla.
(c) Cutifachiqui.
(d) Anhaica Apalachi.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Columbus' point when he makes the following statement: "I was twenty-eight years old when I came into your Highnesses' service, and now I have not a hair upon me that is not gray; my body is infirm..."

3. What does Williams think was the motive of the person who told Ponce de Leon there was a fountain of youth?

4. What is the overall tone of Williams' remarks about the Puritans?

5. Who or what is Mabilla?

(see the answer key)

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