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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, sometimes maps of New England marked English territory with small houses and churches and marked Indian territories with what?
(a) Tipis.
(b) Trees.
(c) Swamps.
(d) Mountains.

2. On what date did the Narragansetts attack Providence, destroying it?
(a) March 29, 1676.
(b) November 14, 1676.
(c) September 12, 1568.
(d) December 10, 1675.

3. A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians was published in what year?
(a) 1677.
(b) 1612.
(c) 1676.
(d) 1642.

4. When was Increase Mather born?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1612.

5. What were the villages of Christian Indians called?
(a) Bible towns.
(b) Praying towns.
(c) White towns.
(d) Red towns.

6. Metacomet was a war chief or sachem of what Indian tribe?
(a) The Mahican people.
(b) The Wampanoag people.
(c) The Mohegan people.
(d) The Ouachita tribe.

7. In the Prologue, the author describes King Philip's War as being almost over in what year?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1648.
(d) 1676.

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

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

10. How many mills in Medfield, Massachusetts, were destroyed by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1675?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

11. Where was William Hubbard born?
(a) Philadelphia, PA.
(b) New Brunswick, Canada.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) England.

12. According to the author, accounts of King Philip's War that were apocalyptic, with some being sermons, were mostly printed where?
(a) London and Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) London and New York.
(d) Boston and Cambridge.

13. The colonists considered news distributed by whom to be the least reliable, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) Boston newspapers.
(b) The English.
(c) The Indians.
(d) Cambridge newspapers.

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

15. Increase Mather was a Puritan minister who was involved with the administration of what college?
(a) Boston College.
(b) Harvard College.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. A prodigious learner, Hugo Grotius entered the University of Leiden when he was how old?

2. What does the author say represented filth and chaos to the Puritans in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

3. William Hubbard was the pastor of the Congregational church located where?

4. Passaconaway is a name which translates to what in English?

5. When was Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians published?

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