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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. King Philip's War began in June of what year?
2. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?
3. One house, known as what, was burnt in King Philip's War but was rebuilt shortly thereafter near downtown Medfield, Massachusetts?
4. What standard picture of New England during the war, including landscapes of ash, farms destroyed, and bodies without heads did Nathaniel Saltonstall write?
5. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the spiritual views of the Native Americans regarding the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
2. How does the author describe the portrayal of Native Americans among the colonists in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?
3. In what regard is John Pynchon discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
4. What motivations and ethics are described of the Indian tribes for the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
5. What theories does the author describe for the murder of John Sassamon in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?
6. How does the author describe the motivations of the colonists and the Native Americans in the war in the Prologue?
7. What publication did Nathaniel Saltonstall write of the war? How is it described in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?
8. How does the author describe the evidence surrounding John Sassamon's death in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?
9. Describe the methods of news and communication within the colonies, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed. How reliable were news sources?
10. How did the actions of the English impact the Native American people, according to the author in the Prologue?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the murder of John Sassamon and the subsequent trial of Mattashunannamo, Tobias, and Wampapaquan. How did this event contribute to the beginning of King Philip's War?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the English colonial identity and the correlation between that identity and land. How does the author relate these concepts metaphorically?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of identity in The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. How does the author introduce this theme in the Prologue and what does she intend to prove in the book?
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