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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of church was formed by the group?

2. What was the name of the new queen?

3. The men claimed that they wanted to get away from "the persecutions of the heathen and their ______."

4. The man complained of which of the following the day before he died?

5. What was the name given to the people who believed in the basis and origin of the Christian religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift did Massasoit leave behind for the Pilgrims? What was the purpose? How long did the arrangement last?

2. Who was the next important native to visit the Pilgrims? Discuss the visit.

3. Bradford quotes Socrates in regards to the treatment of the professors. What does Bradford say?

4. What does the text say about the poor, and sometimes fatal, treatment of those that dared to go up against the Church?

5. How did the Church attempt to cater to the "heathens?"

6. How did some people justify the torture and murder of the professors? What became of the survivors?

7. Why did the Separatists choose to go to Holland? What prompted the group to move ahead with the plan?

8. Discuss when the Separatists moved to Holland and what they found upon their arrival in Amsterdam.

9. Explain the change in the monarchy when Queen Elizabeth I took the throne.

10. Bradford repeats a passage of the document, one which gives the basis of the new government as well as its aim and goals. What is the passage quoted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine in detail the relationship between William Bradford and William Brewster. When did the men meet? What was their relationship in the beginning? How did one influence the other? Was the relationship more mentor/student, colleagues or friends? Explain. Also explore their loyalty to the colony and one another.

Essay Topic 2

There were several times when Bradford discussed the immorality of the people at Plymouth Plantation. Discuss Bradford's concerns with the behavior of the people. Did Bradford consider them to be wicked, unschooled, or unprincipled? What was Bradford's issue with certain people on the Sabbath? What was the opinion of those back in England? What was recommended? What did Bradford do?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the founding, purpose, methods, and duties of the Separatist movement as it relates to the traditionally accepted religions of Europe and the Church of England at large.

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