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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Eliot die?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1690.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1604.

2. When was John Heckewelder born?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1604.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1823.

3. What means to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition?
(a) Coerce.
(b) Bribe.
(c) Ransom.
(d) Treason.

4. When was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1711.

5. What word refers to the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective and with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture?
(a) Eurocentricism.
(b) Anglicism.
(c) Europeanism.
(d) Francocism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 is dated when?

2. When was Mary Jemison captured by the Seneca tribe and taken to western New York?

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago grows up how?

4. What refers to money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete or public official?

5. Smallpox killed what estimated number of Europeans per year during the closing years of the 18th century?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ability did Teharonghyawago gain from the spirit world in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1?

2. How did the differences in literacy between the Indians and colonists affect land deals, as discussed in the Introduction?

3. What tribe did the central tribe follow in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1? What moral did the tribe learn?

4. What did a Micmac Indian assert of European wealth in a text from Chapter 2?

5. What does the author assert of the attributes and differences between colonial civilization and Native American civilization in Chapter 1?

6. What were "client chiefs" and how were they used in controlling the Indians, according to the author in the Introduction?

7. How does the author describe the Eurocentric view of America's discovery versus the reality of Indian culture in the Introduction?

8. How did smallpox impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

9. How does the author describe the oratory skills of the Native Americans in regard to the stereotype in the Introduction?

10. What great spirit attacks the central tribe in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1? How does the tribe overcome the adversity?

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