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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were hideous to the colonists and were assigned to the Indians, according to the author?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Swamplands.
(d) Rivers.

2. The rock on the shore of Mount Hope Bay may have been etched by what tribe of Indians who visited New England to work out land claims and made a pilgrimage to Mount Hope?
(a) The Ouachita people.
(b) The Cherokee people.
(c) The Mohegan people.
(d) The Penobscot people.

3. What has been described as a law whose content is set by nature and is thus universal?
(a) Natural Law.
(b) Human Law.
(c) Earth Law.
(d) The Law of Gravity.

4. Jill Lepore earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from what university?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Michigan.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Yale University.

5. Who was the first Englishman to learn the Algonquian language?
(a) Increase Mather.
(b) John Eliot.
(c) John Sassamon.
(d) William Hubbard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Metacomet's son when he was kidnapped?

2. What book did Mary Rowlandson write about her capture by Native Americans?

3. When was The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity published?

4. How many children of Mary Rowlandson's were among the hostages taken by Native Americans?

5. Mary Rowlandson was the fifth of how many children?

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