Quiz for Listening to the Past: Columbus Describes His First Voyage

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Correct: The answer is b. Columbus reported that the crossing took thirty-three days.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Columbus reported that the crossing took thirty-three days.

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Correct: The answer is d. Cuba was so big that Columbus was initially convinced he had found the Asian mainland and China.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Cuba was so big that Columbus was initially convinced he had found the Asian mainland and China.

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Correct: The answer is c. Columbus knew that his readers would want to hear that Hispaniola would be a source of great wealth, so he told them what they wanted to hear.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Columbus knew that his readers would want to hear that Hispaniola would be a source of great wealth, so he told them what they wanted to hear.

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Correct: The answer is a. Columbus thought the inhabitants were “amazingly timid” and some of the least war-like people he had ever encountered.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Columbus thought the inhabitants were “amazingly timid” and some of the least war-like people he had ever encountered.

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Correct: The answer is a. Columbus claimed that the inhabitants of Hispaniola had “no religion” but believed “that power and goodness dwell in the sky.”
Incorrect: The answer is a. Columbus claimed that the inhabitants of Hispaniola had “no religion” but believed “that power and goodness dwell in the sky.”