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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Five Civilized Tribes were the five Native American nations: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and what?
(a) Mohawk.
(b) Algonquian.
(c) Mohegan.
(d) Seminole.

2. When was Edwin Forrest born?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1825.

3. Who was a Christian missionary, reformer, activist for the rights of American Indians, and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy of the United States government?
(a) Increase Mather.
(b) Jeremiah Evarts.
(c) John Alderman.
(d) Richard Callicot.

4. Which President of the United States was Andrew Jackson?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fifth.

5. When was Andrew Jackson born?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1767.
(d) 1799.

6. The money that ransomed Mary Rowlandson was paid by whom?
(a) Joshua Tift.
(b) James Printer.
(c)
(d) John Hoar.

7. Cambridge University Press was granted letters patent by Henry VIII in what year?
(a) 1534.
(b) 1515.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1596.

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

9. The white population of New England totaled about how many men of military age at the start of King Philip's War?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 16,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 25,000.

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

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

12. When did Mary Rowlandson's family move to Lancaster, Massachusetts?
(a) 1648.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1612.
(d) 1653.

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

14. The rock on the shore of Mount Hope Bay was etched after the creation of Cherokee syllabary in what year?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1793.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the husband of Mary Rowlandson?

2. What was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III and his successor, Edward I?

3. The Mahican people were historically located in what region?

4. Where were Metacomet's wife and son sent after they had been captured?

5. Jill Lepore earned a B.A. in English at what university?

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