The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mid-Book Test (up to Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?)

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Where was Increase Mather born?
a) London, England.
b) Boston, MA.
c) Dorchester, MA.
d) Bern, Switzerland.

2. John Eliot's efforts as a missionary earned him what nickname?
a) "The White apostle".
b) "The Christian apostle".
c) "Saint Eliot".
d) "The Indian apostle".

3. According to the author, sometimes maps of New England marked English territory with small houses and churches and marked Indian territories with what?
a) Swamps.
b) Trees.
c) Mountains.
d) Tipis.

4. What standard picture of New England during the war, including landscapes of ash, farms destroyed, and bodies without heads did Nathaniel Saltonstall write?
a) "True but Brief Account of our...
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