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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 a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Shaman.
(b) Tipi.
(c) Wigwam.
(d) Totem.
2. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1676.
(d) 1648.
3. 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) Boston newspapers.
(b) The English.
(c) Cambridge newspapers.
(d) The Indians.
4. William Hubbard graduated Harvard in what year?
(a) 1677.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1642.
5. Who is thought to have mentored John Sassamon?
(a) James Williams.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) John Alderman.
(d) John Eliot.
Short Answer Questions
1. Increase Mather was the youngest of how many brothers?
2. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?
3. William Hubbard was the pastor of the Congregational church located where?
4. According to the author, accounts of King Philip's War that were apocalyptic, with some being sermons, were mostly printed where?
5. According to the author, the English were particularly brutal when they attacked the Narragansetts' Great Swamp on what date?
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. How were homes used as a metaphor by Nathaniel Saltonstall, as described in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?
3. In what regard is John Pynchon discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
4. 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?
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. 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. What does the author say regarding literacy as a tool 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 motivations and ethics are described of the Indian tribes for the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
10. How was John Sassamon involved in King Philip's War, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?
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