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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time does Samuel de Champlain spend in North America before he is permitted to establish a French colony?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Ten years.

2. 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 does not get along with Maldonado.
(c) He thinks that Maldonado might get credit for De Soto's accomplishments.
(d) He fears that Maldonado would antagonize the Indians.

3. Where does De Soto begin his journey into the North American mainland?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Lousisiana.
(d) Florida.

4. Who is Juan Ortiz?
(a) De Soto's brother who accompanied him on the expedition and on whom De Soto relied.
(b) The leader of the Indian community that helped De Soto and his men to survive the first winter.
(c) A Spanish soldier separated from an earlier expedition who lived with the Indians for 12 years.
(d) De Soto's commanding officer, stationed in Cuba, to whom De Soto writes letters.

5. Who is the narrator for the second half of "Poor Richard"?
(a) An average American.
(b) An American Indian.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montezuma tell Cortez?

2. What happens when Thorgest tries to steal from Eric the Red?

3. What does the narrator say about Washington's attitude toward the presidency?

4. Why do Ponce de Leon and his men travel north?

5. What does the following sentence mean? "Rather the ice than their way: to take what is mine by single strength, theirs by the crookedness of their law."

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