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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 Metacomet born?
(a) 1648.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1675.
(d) 1676.

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

3. The colonists considered news distributed by whom to be the least reliable, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) The Indians.
(b) Boston newspapers.
(c) Cambridge newspapers.
(d) The English.

4. The most standard narratives of King Philip's War were published where, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) London.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Dublin.

5. When was Increase Mather born?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1612.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was fiercely competitive with William Hubbard and even campaigned to discredit Hubbard's account of the war?

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?

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