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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 Mohawk people call themselves what, which means "people of the place of the flint"?
(a) Kanien'gehaga.
(b) Narraganset.
(c) Mohowaùuck.
(d) Algonquian.

2. The Mohawk people are the most easterly tribe of what confederation?
(a) The Iroquois confederation.
(b) The Ouachita confederation.
(c) The Cherokee confederation.
(d) The Mohave confederation.

3. Over how many Native Americans had died during King Philip's War?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 700.

4. What was the name of King Philip's father?
(a) Wyandotte.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Wamsutta.
(d) Paiute.

5. Where was Edwin Forrest born?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) New Brunswick, Canada.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) New York, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. Several hundred native captives were tried and executed or enslaved and sold where?

2. Cambridge University Press was granted letters patent by Henry VIII in what year?

3. Who strongly opposed selling Indians into slavery, arguing that slavery was worse than death?

4. Bartholomew de Las Casas thought that if Indians souls could be redeemed, then they had worth and that therefore they should not be what?

5. King Philip was killed on what date?

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 play Metamora first presented? How was it received?

3. How was Edwin Forrest's portrayal of Metamora received in England? What does the author write of this in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

4. What happened after James Printer was released from captivity, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?

5. What theories does the author describe for James Printer's captivity in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?

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. How does the author describe the treatment of Philip's body in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

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

9. What does the author write regarding the legend of King Philip and our perception of him through the eyes of history?

10. What does the author conclude regarding American identity in the Epilogue, The Rock?

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