Why did Bradford and the Pilgrims create Plymouth Colony ?

Related Mcqs:

1. William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing ?

   A. Slave narrative
   B. Free verse poem
   C. Journal
   D. Spiritual diary

2. The Puritans who settled Plymouth Colony were separating Puritans which meant ?

   A. Continue being apart of the Church of England
   B. Reform
   C. Separate from the Church of England
   D. None of the above

3. Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts ?

   A. Democracy
   B. Brother love/charity
   C. US Exceptionalism
   D. None of the above

4. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of William Bradford ?

   A. Created spiritual Diary
   B. Non-Separating puritan
   C. Separating puritan
   D. both A and C

5. We associate William Bradford with what colonial settlement ?

   A. Plymouth
   B. Mayflower compact
   C. Massachusetts Bay Colony
   D. Rhode Island

6. Name the ship that brought the first Pilgrims to the New World______________?

   A. Mayflower
   B. Santa Maria
   C. Titanic
   D. HMS Bounty

7. This author wrote of the Pilgrims’ voyage to the New World ?

   A. Bradford Nelson
   B. William Holden
   C. Nelson Holden
   D. William Bradford

8. Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ?

   A. To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral
   B. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral
   C. both A and B
   D. None of these

9. Chaucer’s pilgrims are a representative section of late medieval society. Which of the following economic situations is evident among this group ?

   A. Landlords had growing problems with their tenants.
   B. The lack of guilds led to a decline in available civic services.
   C. A modern social hierarchy developed.
   D. All of these answers

10. Fill in the blank. In 1585, _______________ sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)?

    A. Sir Thomas More
    B. Sir Walter Raleigh
    C. John Foxe
    D. John Lyly