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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. When was Hugo Grotius born?
2. The Eighty Years' War took place when?
3. Medfield, Massachusetts, was first settled in what year?
4. Who was the first Englishman to learn the Algonquian language?
5. Passaconaway was believed to have been born between 1550 and when?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Nathaniel Saltonstall describe the war in relation to the body, as discussed in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?
2. When did King Philip's War begin, according to the author in the Prologue? What tribes were involved?
3. How does the author describe the motivations of the colonists and the Native Americans in the war in the Prologue?
4. How does the author describe the Puritans' impression of America and Native Americans upon arriving in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?
5. What motivations and ethics are described of the Indian tribes for the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
6. In what regard is John Pynchon discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
7. How did the actions of the English impact the Native American people, according to the author in the Prologue?
8. What publication did Nathaniel Saltonstall write of the war? How is it described in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?
9. What did the colonists believe of the Indian powwaws? How did this shape their view of the war, as discussed in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
10. Where were most of the accounts of the war published, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed? How are the accounts described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss John Pynchon and the burning of Springfield. When was Springfield attacked and how many were injured and killed in the conflict?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the life and work of John Eliot and the childhood of John Sassamon. How did these men meet and come to know one another?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss and analyze the use of metaphor and symbolism in the accounts of King Philip's War. How can the mindset of the Puritans be seen through these metaphors?
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