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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The witnesses who testified against Sassamon's accused killers were Patuckson and who?
(a) Namasket.
(b) Wampapaquan.
(c) Metacom.
(d) Nahauton.

4. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 5,000.

5. 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?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Algonquian language?

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

3. When was John Eliot born?

4. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?

5. What is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States?

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