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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 was the name of the Algonquian language?
(a) Massachusett.
(b) Nanatuncket.
(c) Mohegan.
(d) Ouachitan.

2. Where was John Sassamon born?
(a) Near current Boston, MA.
(b) Near current New York, NY.
(c) Near current Washington, D.C.
(d) Near current Canton, MA.

3. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?
(a) 1675.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1676.
(d) 1648.

4. 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) Voting rights.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Literacy.

5. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1622.
(c) 1630.
(d) 1664.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was John Eliot born?

3. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?

4. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?

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

(see the answer key)

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