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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 did Edwin Forrest die?

2. When was the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus?

3. Mohegan translates to what in English?

4. When was a rock on the shore of Mount Hope Bay discovered with Cherokee writing on it, according to the author in the Epilogue?

5. Historians know little of what happened to King Philip's son except that he was sold into slavery and probably shipped where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When was the rock thought to have been engraved in the Epilogue, The Rock?

3. How does the author describe the symbolism of Metamora in regard to American identity in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

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

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

6. How is the aftermath of the war described amongst the colonists in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

7. What does the author conclude regarding American identity in the Epilogue, The Rock?

8. When was the play Metamora first presented? How was it received?

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 the aftermath of the war for the Indians in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan? What was the cause of the majority of deaths in the war?

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

Describe the different theories of John Sassamon's murder. Who had the greatest motivation to murder Sassamon? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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