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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the Puritan soul?
(a) It is small and empty.
(b) It is large and generous.
(c) It is kind and warmhearted.
(d) It is rich and nourishing.

2. What happens when Thorgest tries to steal from Eric the Red?
(a) Eric the Red has to give in and let Thorgest take his property.
(b) Eric the Red tries to remove his property, but Eric the Red's two sons are killed in the melee.
(c) Eric the Red decides to steal from Thorgest in return, on his way into exile.
(d) Eric the Red removes his property, and in the ensuing chase, two of Thorgest's sons are killed.

3. Who does Cotton Mather say that New England belonged to before the New Englanders lived there?
(a) The Devil.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The French.

4. How does the death of Juan Ortiz affect De Soto?
(a) It makes him feel lonely and wish he had a friend.
(b) It leaves him without a translator.
(c) It leaves him without a doctor.
(d) It leaves him without a single soldier who knows the way back.

5. Which of the following statements shows that Eric the Red has accepted his fate?
(a) "Eric the Red is a marked man, beyond the law, so it would seem..."
(b) "...this is what they say: Eric, son of evil, come and be forgiven."
(c) "One or the other of us had to die, under the natural circumstance."
(d) "This is my portion. I do not call it not to my liking. Hardship lives in me."

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Gregory be most likely to describe history as?

2. Where does Eric the Red go to start over?

3. What does Gregory say about the way in which the reputation of In the American Grain grew?

4. How do the Spanish justify killing so many peaceful islanders?

5. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Morton treated by his captors?

2. How did enslaved Africans react to the Christian religion, according to Williams?

3. What does Williams think about Lincoln's assassin?

4. What is the one moral failing that Williams mentions that George Washington has? How does this failing affect Washington?

5. What were some of the dangers faced by sailors on ships during a battle at sea?

6. What is Ponce de Leon's dog doing when he is killed?

7. What were the markets like in Tenochtitlan?

8. How does Williams say that Boone differs from other settlers?

9. What kind of person does Williams say that Daniel Boone is?

10. Why did the English put a price on Pire Rasles' head? Why did they want him killed?

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