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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 three men who were accused as the killers of Sassamon were Mattashunannamo, Tobias, and his son, who was named what?
(a) Nahauton.
(b) Wampapaquan.
(c) Patuckson.
(d) Metacom.

2. Where was William Hubbard born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) England.
(c) New Brunswick, Canada.
(d) Philadelphia, PA.

3. What was a Native American tribe formerly inhabiting western Massachusetts, especially around the confluence of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers in Franklin County?
(a) The Narragansett tribe.
(b) The Mohegan tribe.
(c) The Nipmuc tribe.
(d) The Pocomtuc tribe.

4. What book did William Hubbard write at the order of the Colonial government, which paid him 50 pounds for it?
(a) A History of New England.
(b) A History of England.
(c) An Account of the Great Swamp Battle.
(d) A History of the Northwest.

5. What was the name of the Algonquian language?
(a) Ouachitan.
(b) Mohegan.
(c) Massachusett.
(d) Nanatuncket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Hugo Grotius born?

3. A prodigious learner, Hugo Grotius entered the University of Leiden when he was how old?

4. What region was the main site of conflict during King Philip's War?

5. When the Puritans came to America, the Algonquians were thought to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the spiritual views of the Native Americans regarding the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. When did King Philip's War begin, according to the author in the Prologue? What tribes were involved?

8. 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?

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

10. What did the author write of the changing Puritan population and identity in the 1630s and 1640s in the Prologue?

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