Directions: Select all the correct answers. Which two sentences could be added to the end of the first paragraph (sentences 1-5) to support the ideas in that
paragraph?
An agreement was soon reached, and Columbus accepted his commission with
tears of joy.
At this juncture, however, one of the queen's advisers hurried into her presence,
and put the case so earnestly that she sent a swift courier to call Columbus.
In disgust, Columbus mounted his mule, and started once more for France.
He was a man of learning and, on conversing with Columbus, arranged a meeting
of other learned men including the well-known sea-captain, Martin Alonzo Pinzon,
who lived in Palos.
The plans of Columbus appealed so strongly to this sea-captain that he promised
not only to furnish money for an expedition, but to accompany it himself.