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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. On what date did John Winthrop marry Margaret Tyndal?
(a) May 15, 1629
(b) April 29, 1618
(c) April 7, 1630
(d) July 28, 1629
2. What group amongst the New England Puritans “insisted that the bishops be replaced by another organization, with churches and clergy arranged in a pyramidal structure,” according to the author in Chapter 6: “A Special Commission”?
(a) The Presbyterians
(b) The royalists
(c) The Congregationalists
(d) The Calvinists
3. In what year did John Winthrop’s eldest son, John Jr., come of age?
(a) 1565
(b) 1701
(c) 1627
(d) 1635
4. Who is described as “one of the Puritans’ most illustrious preachers” and spoke before the House of Commons in the summer of 1625?
(a) Reverend John Preston
(b) Reverend John Endecott
(c) Reverend George Phillips
(d) Reverend Thomas Shepard
5. What does the author say “was responsible for suppressing heresy as well as drunkenness and theft and murder” in Chapter 6: “A Special Commission”?
(a) The jury
(b) The church
(c) The state
(d) The crown
Short Answer Questions
1. Regarding the use of alcohol, the Puritans imposed a self-denying ordinance that forbade what?
2. In what year did Adam Winthrop purchase the confiscated monastery at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk?
3. When was Mary Tudor born?
4. Margaret Tyndal’s father held what position when she married John Winthrop?
5. Where did John Winthrop set up his headquarters when he moved the colony into the bay, according to the narrator in Chapter 5: “Survival”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the early Puritan establishment of churches in Chapter 6: “A Special Commission”?
2. What caused the tensions within Puritanism in the 1610s and 1620s, according to the author in Chapter 1: “The Taming of the Heart”?
3. When and where was John Winthrop born? What important event took place in the year Winthrop was born, according to the author in Chapter 1: “The Taming of the Heart”?
4. Who was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company when the company members met to discuss the charter in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”? What plans were made at this meeting?
5. What did the Council for New England do with their royal grant in order to begin a colonization effort, according to the author in Chapter 3: “A Shelter and a Hiding Place”?
6. How does the author describe John Winthrop’s education in Chapter 1: “The Taming of the Heart”? When did John Winthrop leave school and marry?
7. What were John Winthrop’s main concerns as he prepared to depart for New England, according to the author in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”?
8. How did John Winthrop perceive the growing corruption within the English government, according to the author in Chapter 2: “Evil and Declining Times”?
9. How does the author describe the beliefs of Charles I in Chapter 2: “Evil and Declining Times”? How is Arminianism described?
10. What official statement did John Winthrop’s party pen prior to their departure, according to the author in Chapter 4: “The Way to a New England”?
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