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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1600 the Wampanoag lived primarily in what two states?
(a) New Jersey and New York.
(b) New York and Pennsylvania.
(c) Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
(d) Kentucky and Delaware.

2. Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by what means?
(a) Stealing from other tribes.
(b) Growing massive gardens.
(c) Hunting and fishing.
(d) Growing plantations for cotton.

3. Who served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) Josiah Winslow.
(c) John Alderman.
(d) William Hubbard.

4. A prodigious learner, Hugo Grotius entered the University of Leiden when he was how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

5. What is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Hope Bay.
(c) Boston.
(d) Plymouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were hideous to the colonists and were assigned to the Indians, according to the author?

2. The colonists considered news distributed by whom to be the least reliable, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

3. What is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life and was advanced by several theologians such as Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Huldrych Zwingli?

4. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?

5. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were most of the accounts of the war published, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed? How are the accounts described?

2. How did the actions of the English impact the Native American people, according to the author in the Prologue?

3. How is the early life of John Sassamon described in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

4. What publication did Nathaniel Saltonstall write of the war? How is it described in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

5. How does the author describe the Puritans' impression of America and Native Americans upon arriving in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

6. How does the author describe the competition between Increase Mather and William Hubbard in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

7. How was John Sassamon involved in King Philip's War, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

8. What does the author remark regarding suffering and writing about the war in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

9. How did Nathaniel Saltonstall describe the war in relation to the body, as discussed in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

10. What theories does the author describe for the murder of John Sassamon in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

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