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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1670s the powwaws of many tribes encouraged war in order to do what?
(a) Purify their blood.
(b) Preserve the Indian way of life.
(c) Appease the gods.
(d) Eradicate the colonists.

2. Passaconaway is a name which translates to what in English?
(a) "Child of the Bear".
(b) "The Great Bear".
(c) "Wolf of Night".
(d) "The Great Antelope".

3. Mohegan translates to what in English?
(a) "People of the bear".
(b) "People of the Swamp".
(c) "Children of the Star".
(d) "People of the wolf".

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

5. When was Increase Mather born?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1642.

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. When was the book A Relation of the Troubles which Have Hapned in New-England by Reason of the Indians There from the Year 1614 to the Year 1675 published?

3. William Hubbard was the pastor of the Congregational church located where?

4. What word means "shaman" in the language of the Narragansett?

5. King Philip was killed on what date?

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