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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. The witnesses who testified against Sassamon's accused killers were Patuckson and who?

2. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?

3. Increase Mather was a Puritan minister who was involved with the administration of what college?

4. Where was William Hubbard born?

5. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author write of the changing Puritan population and identity in the 1630s and 1640s in the Prologue?

2. How does the author relate King Philip's War to a holy war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

3. How was John Sassamon involved in King Philip's War, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

4. How did the actions of the English impact the Native American people, according to the author in the Prologue?

5. How does the author describe the motivations of the colonists and the Native Americans in the war in the Prologue?

6. What does the author say regarding literacy as a tool in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

7. What reasons did the Narragansetts give for their attack on Providence, as described in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

8. What does the author remark regarding suffering and writing about the war in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

9. How is literacy in the colonies described in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

10. How is the early life of John Sassamon described in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Just War Theory and Natural Law and the influence of these concepts on the perceptions of the English colonists. Why did the colonists believe the war was just?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of literacy in The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. How was literacy used as a tool for the powerful throughout history?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the accounts of the war written by Increase Mather and William Hubbard. How did these accounts differ?

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