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

2. Who were Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain and Portugal in the 15th to 16th centuries?
(a) Vigilantes.
(b) Crusaders.
(c) Conquistadors.
(d) Argonauts.

3. When was the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1449.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1462.

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

5. Jill Lepore is a contributing writer for what publication?
(a) Art in America.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) National Educational Review.
(d) Writer's Weekly.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Captain Church give a hand of the deceased King Philip?

2. Who was the husband of Mary Rowlandson?

3. King Philip was killed on what date?

4. When was Andrew Jackson born?

5. When was Mary Rowlandson born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did critics say of the play Metamora? Who supported the play as propaganda for Indian Removal?

10. What was represented by the appearance of King Philip's head in Plymouth, as discussed in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

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