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

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

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

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

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. When was Metacomet born?

2. King Philip's War began in June of what year?

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

4. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?

5. Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by what means?

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