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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over how many colonists died during King Philip's War?
(a) 800.
(b) 200.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

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

3. How old was Metacomet's son when he was kidnapped?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

4. 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?
(a) Execution by guillotine.
(b) Execution by Fire Marshal.
(c) Hanged, drawn and quartered.
(d) Burning at the stake.

5. What was the name of Metacomet's wife?
(a) Weetamoo.
(b) Assowamset.
(c) Wootonekanuske.
(d) Wamsutta.

6. What was the name of King Philip's older brother, known by the English as King Alexander?
(a) Massasoit.
(b) Wyandotte.
(c) Wamsutta.
(d) Paiute.

7. Mary Rowlandson was the fifth of how many children?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

8. 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.

9. The white population of New England totaled about how many people at the start of King Philip's War?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 65,000.
(d) 80,000.

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

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

12. What book did Mary Rowlandson write about her capture by Native Americans?
(a) The Sovereignty and Goodness of God.
(b) A History of New England.
(c) The Grace and Glory of Our Savior.
(d) Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England.

13. When was Mary Rowlandson born?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1648.
(c) 1568.
(d) 1637.

14. Who were Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain and Portugal in the 15th to 16th centuries?
(a) Argonauts.
(b) Crusaders.
(c) Vigilantes.
(d) Conquistadors.

15. What was the name of King Philip's father?
(a) Paiute.
(b) Wamsutta.
(c) Wyandotte.
(d) Massasoit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus?

2. What refers to the name of a geographical feature in an official or well-established language occurring in that area where the feature is located?

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

4. The Mohawk people are the most easterly tribe of what confederation?

5. Jill Lepore's book, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan, was a finalist for what award?

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