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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: The New England Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company select John Winthrop as the governor of the new colony?
(a) October 20, 1629
(b) July 28, 1629
(c) May 15, 1629
(d) February 2, 1626

2. When was John Cotton chosen as the teacher at the Boston church, shortly after his arrival in New England?
(a) September, 1633
(b) October, 1635
(c) May, 1629
(d) July, 1632

3. Winthrop and his fellow Puritans published a statement maintaining their love for the Church of England and insisting that they were not separatists, which they issued from their ship on what date?
(a) April 29, 1618
(b) March 27, 1625
(c) April 7, 1630
(d) July 28, 1629

4. Thomas Dudley was angered that John Winthrop had constructed a fort where, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Leniency Rebuked”?
(a) In Boston
(b) In Medford
(c) In Salem
(d) In Merrimack

5. Margaret Tyndal’s father held what position when she married John Winthrop?
(a) Chancery judge
(b) Common attorney
(c) Butcher
(d) Wheat farmer

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635?

2. What word from Chapter 11: “The New England Way” refers to an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief?

3. Who is described in Chapter 9: “Separation Unleashed” as the “judicious governor of the colony” at Plymouth that found Roger Williams to be godly and zealous?

4. What is the approximate distance between London, England, and Boston, Massachusetts?

5. The author says of Winthrop in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place” that he “did not aim at power for the sake of power, but he longed to” do what?

(see the answer key)

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