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Quiz Thyself
Test your Bay State know-how

SINCE THE PILGRIMS FIRST CLAMBERED ashore at Plymouth Rock in 1620, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has witnessed a significant slice of history. UMass Amherst Professor Emeritus of History Jack Tager’s new book, Massachusetts at a Glance: A User’s Guide to the Bay State (University of Massachusetts Press; due out this June, $19.95), is a lively compendium of people, places and events, both past and present. Take this quiz and find out if you need a refresher course this summer—as easy as bringing Tager’s book to the beach.

1. The state bird of Massachusetts is:
a. English Sparrow
b. Wild Turkey
c. Chickadee
d. Bald Eagle

2. Which of the following Massachusetts abolitionists was a former slave?
a. Wendell Phillips
b. Frederick Douglass
c. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
d. William Lloyd Garrison

3. All but ONE of the following were connected to events of the American Revolution:
a. Beacon Hill
b. Old North Church
c. Breed’s Hill
d. North Bridge

4. The nation’s first
women’s college is:
a. Smith
b. Mount Holyoke
c. Radcliffe
d. Wellesley

Answers: 1c; 2b; 3a; 4b

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