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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what is Mabilla?
(a) The town where the Tuscaloosa attacked De Soto and his men.
(b) The woman who traveled with De Soto and translated for him.
(c) The river along which De Soto and his men were traveling.
(d) The place Do Soto had heard of, called a "country toward the rising sun."

2. Where does Eric the Red go to start over?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Norway.
(c) America.
(d) Greenland.

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

4. What are Bridget Bishop and Susanna Martin indicted for?
(a) Whoring.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Witchcraft.

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

6. How does Freydis handle her quarrel with the two brothers, Helgi and Finnbogi?
(a) She talks to her neighbors about the brothers, turning the community against them until they are forced into exile.
(b) She goes to court against the brothers and sues them, winning her case and forcing them to pay a fine.
(c) She steals property from the brothers and refuses to give it back, claiming that it will compensate her for the quarrel.
(d) She tricks her husband into killing them, and kills the women of their household herself.

7. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?
(a) He sends troops to attack.
(b) He sends gifts to Cortez.
(c) He sends poisoned food.
(d) He sends a threatening letter.

8. Who is Thomas Morton?
(a) A historian.
(b) A writer.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A colonist.

9. How does Ponce de Leon die?
(a) He dies of disease.
(b) He dies of old age.
(c) He is killed by an Indian arrow.
(d) He is killed by his own men in a mutiny.

10. Who does the narrator say that the Puritans went on to persecute later?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The atheists.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Quakers.

11. Why does Williams criticize historian A. C. Adams at the beginning of "The May-Pole at Merry Mount"?
(a) For a lack of common sense.
(b) For a lack of scale.
(c) For a lack of detail.
(d) For a lack of accuracy.

12. What pet is Ponce de Leon especially attached to?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dog.
(d) A snake.

13. What happens to Cortez when the Aztecs counterattack from outside the city?
(a) He is forced to negotiate a temporary treaty in order to escape with his life.
(b) He and his men defeat them easily.
(c) He loses everything and has to flee with his men.
(d) He and his men win after a long battle.

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

15. Who tells Ponce de Leon there is a fountain of youth?
(a) An old man.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A child.
(d) One of his own men.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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..."

2. After Champlain picks out the site for the city and the men start working, what new complication arises to delay the progress of the building?

3. What does Queen Elizabeth force Raleigh to do when she calls him back from the fleet's attack on Spain?

4. Who is Juan Ortiz?

5. How does De Soto keep his men alive when the maize crop fails?

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