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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. 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?
(a) The English.
(b) Cambridge newspapers.
(c) Boston newspapers.
(d) The Indians.

2. What name refers to the mostly Puritan and Pilgrim immigrants from Great Britain who settled New England starting around 1630?
(a) The Spanish Colonists.
(b) The English Colonists.
(c) The British Brigade.
(d) The English Arrivals.

3. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?
(a) 1631.
(b) 1616.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1647.

4. Passaconaway was believed to have been born between 1550 and when?
(a) 1679.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1548.
(d) 1570.

5. On what date did the Narragansetts attack Providence, destroying it?
(a) November 14, 1676.
(b) September 12, 1568.
(c) March 29, 1676.
(d) December 10, 1675.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

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

3. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?

4. What does "bashaba" mean?

5. When was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the loss of property impact the Puritans, as discussed in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

2. Who was accused of the murder of John Sassamon? How does the author describe Metacom's reaction in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

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

4. 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?

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

6. How does the author describe the portrayal of Native Americans among the colonists in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

7. 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?

8. How does the author relate King Philip's War to a holy war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

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

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

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