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

2. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1631.
(d) 1647.

3. What were the villages of Christian Indians called?
(a) Bible towns.
(b) White towns.
(c) Red towns.
(d) Praying towns.

4. William Hubbard graduated Harvard in what year?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1677.
(d) 1601.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians published?

3. The sachem Metacomet was also known by what name?

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

5. Increase Mather was a Puritan minister who was involved with the administration of what college?

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