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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. Mary Rowlandson wrote from a fully Christian perspective and believed that being held captive was a special brand of affliction that served to increase what?
(a) Strength.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Piety.
(d) Retribution.

2. Mary Rowlandson was the fifth of how many children?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

3. What was the name of the Indian who shot King Philip?
(a) Increase Mather.
(b) Benjamin Church.
(c) Captain Josiah Standish.
(d) John Alderman.

4. How many weeks of captivity did Mary Rowlandson experience before being released on ransom?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 2.

5. When was Benjamin Church born?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1689.

Short Answer Questions

1. King Philip was tracked down by colony-allied Native Americans led by Captain Benjamin Church and who of the Plymouth Colony militia?

2. Jill Lepore earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from what university?

3. Who was the husband of Mary Rowlandson?

4. Mohegan translates to what in English?

5. Over how many Native Americans had died during King Philip's War?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the author describe Mary Rowlandson's perspective of captivity in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?

3. What book did Washington Irving write about King Philip's War? How is it described in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

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

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

6. How is the relationship between the Indians and the colonists described in 1681 in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

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

8. When were Metacom's wife and child captured? Where does the author say they were taken in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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

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

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