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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 defined as an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition?
(a) Civilization.
(b) Culture.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Savagery.

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

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

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

5. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) John Alderman.
(c) Increase Mather.
(d) William Hubbard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?

2. When did the Pequot War begin?

3. Who was the first Englishman to learn the Algonquian language?

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

5. The witnesses who testified against Sassamon's accused killers were Patuckson and who?

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