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

2. 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?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Ordinism.
(c) Puritanism.
(d) Helitism.

3. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?
(a) 1676.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1675.
(d) 1648.

4. What were the villages of Christian Indians called?
(a) Bible towns.
(b) Red towns.
(c) White towns.
(d) Praying towns.

5. When was William Hubbard born?
(a) 1621.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1677.
(d) 1642.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Hugo Grotius publish his first book?

2. When was John Eliot born?

3. In the Great Swamp Fight, it is believed that the militia killed about how many Narragansetts?

4. Where was John Sassamon born?

5. Who was the first Englishman to learn the Algonquian language?

Short Essay Questions

1. What motivations and ethics are described of the Indian tribes for the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

2. 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?

3. How were homes used as a metaphor by Nathaniel Saltonstall, as described in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What was problematic for the Puritans in their plight to maintain a civil identity, as discussed in the Prologue?

10. How does the author describe the motivations of the colonists and the Native Americans in the war in the Prologue?

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