Chapter 2

Quiz for Document 2-6: Rev. Father Louis Cellot, Letter to Father François Le Mercier (1656)

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Question 1

The purpose of Father Louis Cellot’s 1656 letter to Father François Le Mercier is toA. convince Le Mercier that the priests’ lengthy efforts to convert the Iroquois had failed.
B. report that, after years of conflict, the Iroquois were open to French missionary efforts.
C. gain Le Mercier’s permission to stay in France in order to protect his life.
D. report to Le Mercier that all of the Iroquois had finally converted to Christianity.

Question 2

What atrocities does Father Cellot claim that the Iroquois had prosecuted against the French Jesuits?A. Cannibalism and torture
B. Enslavement and forced labor
C. Imprisonment and starvation
D. Religious conversion and forced marriage

Question 3

Cellot associates the persecution that the Jesuits claim they experienced under the Iroquois with which of the following historical events?A. Persecution of Catholics by the English
B. Persecution of the Early Church by Rome
C. The horrors of the French Wars of Religion
D. The struggle of Catholics against the Dutch

Question 4

What, in Cellot’s estimation, was the reason the Iroquois pursued greater intercourse with the French?A. Economic advantages over trade with the Dutch
B. Military advantages against their rivals
C. Superior French trade goods
D. The blessing of God for the Jesuits’ martyrdom