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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, The Rock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edwin Forrest made his first stage appearance on November 27, 1820, at what theater?
(a) The Metropolitan Playhouse.
(b) The Boston Globe Theater.
(c) Carnegie Hall.
(d) Walnut Street Theater.

2. 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?
(a) Retribution.
(b) Piety.
(c) Strength.
(d) Anxiety.

3. Who originated the Narragansett cultural revival?
(a) King Alexander.
(b) Wamsutta.
(c) Princess Red Wing.
(d) Massasoit.

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

5. When did William Charles Macready die?
(a) 1793.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1873.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the villages of Christian Indians called?

2. When did Hugo Grotius die?

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

4. For how much money was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?

5. Jill Lepore's book, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan, was a finalist for what award?

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