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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. King Philip's War began in June of what year?
(a) 1648.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1676.

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

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

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

5. The colonists considered news distributed by whom to be the least reliable, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) The Indians.
(b) Cambridge newspapers.
(c) The English.
(d) Boston newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Eliot's efforts as a missionary earned him what nickname?

2. 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?

3. What university did John Eliot attend?

4. When did the Pequot War begin?

5. According to the author, accounts of King Philip's War that were apocalyptic, with some being sermons, were mostly printed where?

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