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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the play Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) John Alderman.
(c) Increase Mather.
(d) John Augustus Stone.

2. Bartholomew de Las Casas thought that if Indians souls could be redeemed, then they had worth and that therefore they should not be what?
(a) Killed.
(b) Idolized.
(c) Detained.
(d) Enslaved.

3. Historians know little of what happened to King Philip's son except that he was sold into slavery and probably shipped where?
(a) To the West Indes.
(b) To South Africa.
(c) To England.
(d) To East Asia.

4. Where was Edwin Forrest born?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) New Brunswick, Canada.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) New York, NY.

5. At what event did King Philip's head make an appearance in Plymouth following the war?
(a) Christmas festival.
(b) Halloween festival.
(c) State fair.
(d) Thanksgiving festival.

6. When Mary Rowlandson returned to Boston, she ended up encountering some Christian Indians who brought her a letter from whom?
(a) Joshua Tift.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) James Printer.
(d) John Hoar.

7. The Mohawk people call themselves what, which means "people of the place of the flint"?
(a) Narraganset.
(b) Algonquian.
(c) Mohowaùuck.
(d) Kanien'gehaga.

8. What book did Jill Lepore publish in 2002?
(a) Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents.
(b) The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History.
(c) Blindspot: A Novel.
(d) A is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States.

9. How many children of Mary Rowlandson's were among the hostages taken by Native Americans?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

10. On what date was Metacomet's wife captured by enemy forces?
(a) August 10, 1678.
(b) November 3, 1676.
(c) August 2, 1676.
(d) September 12, 1677.

11. Who was the husband of Mary Rowlandson?
(a) Rev. Henry Rowlandson.
(b) Rev. Joseph Rowlandson.
(c) Rev. Andrew Rowlandson.
(d) Rev. James Rowlandson.

12. King Philip was tracked down by colony-allied Native Americans led by Captain Benjamin Church and who of the Plymouth Colony militia?
(a) John Alderman.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) Captain Josiah Standish.
(d) James Wilkinson.

13. Where was Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags originally performed?
(a) The Metropolitan Playhouse in New York City.
(b) The Park Theater in New York City.
(c) The Boston Globe Theater.
(d) Carnegie Hall in New York City.

14. On what date was Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags first performed?
(a) November 30, 1802.
(b) December 12, 1833.
(c) December 15, 1829.
(d) September 16, 1922.

15. Where was Bartholomew de Las Casas born?
(a) Greece.
(b) Seville.
(c) London.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a rock on the shore of Mount Hope Bay discovered with Cherokee writing on it, according to the author in the Epilogue?

2. The rock on the shore of Mount Hope Bay was etched after the creation of Cherokee syllabary in what year?

3. For how much money was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?

4. When did Andrew Jackson die?

5. When was William Charles Macready born?

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