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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Andrew Jackson die?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1865.

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

4. When was the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus?
(a) 1462.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1449.
(d) 1642.

5. On what date was Mary Rowlandson kidnapped?
(a) February 3, 1677.
(b) February 10, 1676.
(c) March 13, 1675.
(d) September 1, 1677.

6. For how much money was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 40 pounds.

7. When was The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity published?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1968.

8. 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.

9. On what date was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?
(a) May 2, 1675.
(b) March 1, 1677.
(c) June 14, 1675.
(d) July 7, 1677.

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

11. What tribe was Mary Rowlandson kidnapped by?
(a) The Nipmuck tribe.
(b) The Mohegan tribe.
(c) The Cherokee tribe.
(d) The Apache tribe.

12. When did Mary Rowlandson die?
(a) 1568.
(b) 1742.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1711.

13. In what year did the American Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1756.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1755.

14. The Mahican people were historically located in what region?
(a) Western Canada.
(b) The Hudson Valley.
(c) The Deep South.
(d) The Delaware Valley.

15. Where were Metacomet's wife and son sent after they had been captured?
(a) Canada.
(b) Boston.
(c) Plymoth.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mohegan translates to what in English?

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

3. Jill Lepore is a professor of American history at what university?

4. The white population of New England totaled about how many people at the start of King Philip's War?

5. Several hundred native captives were tried and executed or enslaved and sold where?

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