The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 8

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"The early discourse of the New World then is full of questions that cannot be asked or answers that cannot be understood. 'Due to the lack of language,' complains Verrazzano,'we were unable to find out by signs or gestures how much religious faith these people we found possessed.' Canoes of Indians,Cartier writes,'came after our long-boat dancing and showing many signs of joy,and of their desire to be friends,saying to us in their language: Napou tou daman asurtat,and other words,we did not understand…And seeing that no matter how much we signed to them,they would not go back,we shot off over their heads two small cannon.'"
Stephen Greenblatt,Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World,1991
-Which of the following statements is correct about the period described in the passage?

• A) Sustained contact between Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans led to complex relationships.
• B) Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans had little contact in this period.
• C) Europeans were not eager to colonize the Americas in this period.
• D) Europeans were not influenced by contact with the Americas.

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