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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The witnesses who testified against Sassamon's accused killers were Patuckson and who?
(a) Nahauton.
(b) Wampapaquan.
(c) Metacom.
(d) Namasket.

2. What is defined as an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition?
(a) Civilization.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Savagery.
(d) Culture.

3. What was the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Boston.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Plymouth.

4. John Sassamon was born circa what year?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1612.
(c) 1600.
(d) 1648.

5. What is the name of a group of Algonquian Indians native to Worcester County, Massachusetts?
(a) The Mohegan tribe.
(b) The Nipmuc tribe.
(c) The Pocomtuc tribe.
(d) The Narragansett tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Metacomet born?

2. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?

3. What was the name of the Algonquian language?

4. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?

5. Who served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680?

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