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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by what means?
(a) Stealing from other tribes.
(b) Hunting and fishing.
(c) Growing massive gardens.
(d) Growing plantations for cotton.

4. When was A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England published?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1676.
(d) 1612.

5. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?
(a) 1648.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1676.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?

2. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?

3. 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?

4. When was John Eliot born?

5. Who was fiercely competitive with William Hubbard and even campaigned to discredit Hubbard's account of the war?

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