American Literature 245 Name:______________________
Pop Quiz #1
Five miscellaneous
points
John Smith’s The General History of Virginia, pp. 32-45
1. True or False: In the selection, Smith occasionally refers to himself in the third person.
2. Please circle: A league is approximately
A. 3 miles B. 1 mile C. 1000 yards
Short Answer (one
sentence limit):
3. According to
Smith, a tribe of Indians who captured him was first intent on killing him, but
he was later able to change their minds and gain their amazement and
admiration. How does he say he did this?
4. Later, according
to Smith, the Indians laid his head on a rock so they could ‘beat out his
brains with their clubs.’ How was he
saved?
5. According to
Smith’s The General History of Virginia, how does the ease of life
possible in