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Quiz for Document 4–1: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following best characterizes the role that Winthrop envisioned for religion in New England?

Religious practice was a private matter.

Religion was the source of public morality.

Religious fervor was a threat and had to be discouraged.

Religious diversity was the foundation for a vibrant society.

2. What was the significance of Winthrop’s long discourse on the nature of love?

He wanted to remind them that they needed to be loyal subjects to the king.

He thought the Puritans were not behaving correctly on the journey to New England.

He was teaching them to love the Indians they would encounter in New England.

He wanted to emphasize the need for their group to be bonded by love.

3. How did Winthrop define the goal of their new colony?

To strengthen the church, to make the world a less evil place for future generations, and to serve God

To conquer and claim this new land for the king and to convert all the Indians

To preach to other English settlers who had forsaken Christianity

To find new trade routes and trading partners, make lots of money, and then return to England

4. How did Winthrop describe the role of the Puritan colony in relation to other colonies?

He wanted it to be more powerful and wealthier than the other colonies.

He wanted it to serve as the ideal model for future colonies.

He wanted it to be safer and healthier.

He wanted it to have better relations with the neighboring Indians.