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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mahican people were historically located in what region?
(a) The Hudson Valley.
(b) Western Canada.
(c) The Deep South.
(d) The Delaware Valley.

2. What, according to the author, is in many ways a simple tool and is often controlled by the powerful, because it can be used to change minds?
(a) Religion.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Voting rights.

3. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) John Alderman.
(c) Increase Mather.
(d) William Hubbard.

4. In 1600, the population of the Wampanoag numbered approximately how many members?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

5. Who was held captive by the Narragansetts, though he was hanged and quartered for treason?
(a) John Hoar.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) Joshua Tift.
(d) James Printer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England published?

2. Passaconaway was a powerful medicine man and sachem of what tribe?

3. What book did William Hubbard write at the order of the Colonial government, which paid him 50 pounds for it?

4. Mary Rowlandson wrote from a fully Christian perspective and believed that being held captive was a special brand of affliction that served to increase what?

5. John Sassamon was born circa what year?

(see the answer key)

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