View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Tipi.
(b) Wigwam.
(c) Totem.
(d) Shaman.

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?, due to their great losses, many New England colonists thought God was punishing them for their failure to do what?
(a) Convert the Indians to Christianity.
(b) Remain loyal to the Crown.
(c) Kill all of the Indians.
(d) Maintain purity.

3. William Hubbard was the pastor of the Congregational church located where?
(a) Salem, MA.
(b) Ipswich, MA.
(c) Boston, MA.
(d) New York, NY.

4. King Philip's War began in June of what year?
(a) 1648.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1675.
(d) 1639.

5. When the Puritans came to America, the Algonquians were thought to be what?
(a) Angels.
(b) Nomads.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Literate.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Sassamon was born circa what year?

2. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

3. What does "bashaba" mean?

4. When did Nathaniel Saltonstall die?

5. The Eighty Years' War took place when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Natural Law and Just War theory described in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

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

4. What did the colonists believe of the Indian powwaws? How did this shape their view of the war, as discussed in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

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

6. Describe the methods of news and communication within the colonies, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed. How reliable were news sources?

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

8. How does the author describe the English identity of the colonists in 1676 in the Prologue of The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity?

9. What reasons did the Narragansetts give for their attack on Providence, as described in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 910 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample