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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The May-Pole at Merry Mount.

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) To be free you have to break apart from your background and upbringing.
(b) Freedom is based on ideas, not experiences.
(c) To be truly free, you have to be true to yourself and your heritage.
(d) Only staying at home can free you to travel elsewhere.

2. Why do the Puritans have such a strong impact on the national character, according to the narrator?
(a) Because they persuade everyone else to emulate them.
(b) Because they are so driven to evangelize to others.
(c) Because they are so dashing and heroic that everyone tells stories about them.
(d) Because they are among the first to arrive in a wild place.

3. How often does Montezuma change his clothes?
(a) Four times a month.
(b) Four times a day.
(c) Four times a week.
(d) Four times a year.

4. What people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?
(a) The Iroquois.
(b) The Abenaki.
(c) The Skrellings.
(d) The Inuit.

5. Why do the Puritans disapprove of Thomas Morton?
(a) He does not believe in God.
(b) He barters guns and liquor to Indians.
(c) He does not pay his taxes.
(d) He is not married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that the Puritans should be praised for?

2. What does Columbus do when he thinks the ship might capsize?

3. When Columbus finally lands in Spain after his second voyage, what happens to him?

4. According to the narrator, which of the following is a logical outgrowth of the Puritan spirit?

5. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?

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