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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. When was Bartholomew de Las Casas born?
(a) 1495.
(b) 1425.
(c) 1484.
(d) 1515.

2. Which tribe of Native Americans, in the 17th century, inhabited much of what is now Connecticut?
(a) The Pequot people.
(b) The Cherokee people.
(c) The Ouachita people.
(d) The Blackfoot people.

3. What was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III and his successor, Edward I?
(a) Execution by Fire Marshal.
(b) Burning at the stake.
(c) Execution by guillotine.
(d) Hanged, drawn and quartered.

4. Mohegan translates to what in English?
(a) "Children of the Star".
(b) "People of the Swamp".
(c) "People of the bear".
(d) "People of the wolf".

5. What book did Jill Lepore publish in 2002?
(a) The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History.
(b) Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents.
(c) A is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States.
(d) Blindspot: A Novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Andrew Jackson born?

2. When Mary Rowlandson returned to Boston, she ended up encountering some Christian Indians who brought her a letter from whom?

3. When was William Charles Macready born?

4. When did Mary Rowlandson die?

5. Where were Metacomet's wife and son sent after they had been captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What view did Bartholomew de Las Casas have regarding Indian slavery, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

2. When was the rock thought to have been engraved in the Epilogue, The Rock?

3. How is the Indian slave trade described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

4. Who was Mary Rowlandson? What account did she write of King Philip's War?

5. How does the author describe cultural revivals among the Indians in Epilogue, The Rock?

6. How does the author describe the symbolism of Metamora in regard to American identity in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

7. When was the play Metamora first presented? How was it received?

8. What American actor gained fame for his portrayal of Metacom in Metamora? How is he described in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

9. What debate surrounded the fate of Metacom's son, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

10. What argument did John Eliot make against Indian slavery, as discussed in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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