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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 was Andrew Jackson nicknamed because of his toughness and aggressive personality?
(a) "Big Tree".
(b) "Stonewall".
(c) "Old Hickory".
(d) "Black Stone".

2. To whom did Captain Church give a hand of the deceased King Philip?
(a) William Hubbard.
(b) John Sassamon.
(c) Richard Callicot.
(d) John Alderman.

3. Who originated the Narragansett cultural revival?
(a) King Alexander.
(b) Massasoit.
(c) Wamsutta.
(d) Princess Red Wing.

4. What was the name of Metacomet's wife?
(a) Wamsutta.
(b) Assowamset.
(c) Weetamoo.
(d) Wootonekanuske.

5. Several hundred native captives were tried and executed or enslaved and sold where?
(a) England.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) Bermuda.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mary Rowlandson's family move to Lancaster, Massachusetts?

2. The money that ransomed Mary Rowlandson was paid by whom?

3. When was the Indian Removal Act signed into law?

4. When was Bartholomew de Las Casas born?

5. The Mohawk people are the most easterly tribe of what confederation?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What issues did the colonists have with distinguishing captured Indians, as discussed in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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

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

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

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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