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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. What is the name of an Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island?
(a) The Narragansett tribe.
(b) The Nipmuc tribe.
(c) The Pocomtuc tribe.
(d) The Mohegan tribe.

2. What university did John Eliot attend?
(a) Oxford College.
(b) Jesus College, Cambridge.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.

3. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Totem.
(b) Wigwam.
(c) Tipi.
(d) Shaman.

4. John Sassamon's family died during the smallpox epidemic of what year?
(a) 1633.
(b) 1664.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1652.

5. When did the Pequot War begin?
(a) 1634.
(b) 1662.
(c) 1654.
(d) 1615.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay colony?

2. What region was the main site of conflict during King Philip's War?

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

4. What was a Native American tribe formerly inhabiting western Massachusetts, especially around the confluence of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers in Franklin County?

5. In 1600 the Wampanoag lived primarily in what two states?

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