View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jill Lepore earned a B.A. in English at what university?

2. On what date was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?

3. When was Bartholomew de Las Casas born?

4. What book did Jill Lepore publish in 2010?

5. Which President of the United States was Andrew Jackson?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What debate surrounded the fate of Metacom's son, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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

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

8. When were Metacom's wife and child captured? Where does the author say they were taken in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Great Swamp Battle and the attack on Medfield, Massachusetts. How many civilians and soldiers were lost in the battles?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmuchs, Pocomtucks, Abenakis, Mohegan, Pequot, Mohawk and Christian Indians. What were the relationships between these tribes like prior to the colonization of America?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the English colonial identity and the correlation between that identity and land. How does the author relate these concepts metaphorically?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 852 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample