2. Who served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680?
(a) Josiah Winslow.
(b) John Alderman.
(c) William Hubbard.
(d) Richard Callicot.

3. Increase Mather was the youngest of how many brothers?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

4. Who was fiercely competitive with William Hubbard and even campaigned to discredit Hubbard's account of the war?
(a) William Hubbard.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) John Sassamon.
(d) Richard Callicot.

5. A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians was published in what year?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1677.
(d) 1612.

6. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1664.
(c) 1630.
(d) 1622.

7. Who was the first Englishman to learn the Algonquian language?
(a) John Eliot.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) William Hubbard.
(d) John Sassamon.

8. Where was William Hubbard born?
(a) Philadelphia, PA.
(b) New Brunswick, Canada.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) England.

9. According to the author, the colonists thought the powwaws received their orders from whom?
(a) Mohammad.
(b) The Devil.
(c) God.
(d) Jesus.

10. Passaconaway is said to have died in what year?
(a) 1677.
(b) 1685.
(c) 1679.
(d) 1721.

11. What is defined as an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition?
(a) Savagery.
(b) Culture.
(c) Civilization.
(d) Redemption.

12. The most standard narratives of King Philip's War were published where, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) Dublin.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Boston.

13. What does the author say represented filth and chaos to the Puritans in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
(a) Eating pork.
(b) The letting of blood.
(c) Drinking alcohol.
(d) Eating chicken.

14. In the Great Swamp Fight, it is believed that the militia killed about how many Narragansetts?
(a) 56.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

15. What, according to the author, is in many ways a simple tool and is often controlled by the powerful, because it can be used to change minds?
(a) Voting rights.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Literacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many accounts of King Philip's War represent several types of writing aimed at different audiences, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

2. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

3. What is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States?

4. What name refers to the mostly Puritan and Pilgrim immigrants from Great Britain who settled New England starting around 1630?

5. When was William Hubbard born?

(see the answer keys)

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