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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many houses in Medfield, Massachusetts, were destroyed by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1675?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.
2. On what date did the Narragansetts attack Providence, destroying it?
(a) December 10, 1675.
(b) September 12, 1568.
(c) March 29, 1676.
(d) November 14, 1676.
3. What does the author say represented filth and chaos to the Puritans in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
(a) Eating chicken.
(b) The letting of blood.
(c) Eating pork.
(d) Drinking alcohol.
4. What book did William Hubbard write at the order of the Colonial government, which paid him 50 pounds for it?
(a) A History of the Northwest.
(b) A History of New England.
(c) A History of England.
(d) An Account of the Great Swamp Battle.
5. What is defined as an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition?
(a) Civilization.
(b) Culture.
(c) Savagery.
(d) Redemption.
6. John Sassamon's family died during the smallpox epidemic of what year?
(a) 1633.
(b) 1612.
(c) 1664.
(d) 1652.
7. Nathaniel Saltonstall was selected as a judge for what specific court responsible for the trial and sentence of people for the crime of witchcraft in Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials?
(a) Court of Salem, Massachusetts.
(b) Court of Oyer and Terminer.
(c) Court of Franklin and Boston.
(d) Court of Anderson and Overlay.
8. Increase Mather was the youngest of how many brothers?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.
9. What is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life and was advanced by several theologians such as Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Huldrych Zwingli?
(a) Helitism.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Ordinism.
(d) Calvinism.
10. How many mills in Medfield, Massachusetts, were destroyed by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1675?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.
11. Where was John Sassamon born?
(a) Near current New York, NY.
(b) Near current Boston, MA.
(c) Near current Canton, MA.
(d) Near current Washington, D.C.
12. John Sassamon was born circa what year?
(a) 1612.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1648.
(d) 1688.
13. What has been described as a law whose content is set by nature and is thus universal?
(a) The Law of Gravity.
(b) Natural Law.
(c) Human Law.
(d) Earth Law.
14. When did Nathaniel Saltonstall die?
(a) 1718.
(b) 1707.
(c) 1725.
(d) 1677.
15. Who was fiercely competitive with William Hubbard and even campaigned to discredit Hubbard's account of the war?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) John Sassamon.
(d) William Hubbard.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what age did Hugo Grotius publish his first book?
2. What was the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay colony?
3. Who is credited with the founding of Medfield, Massachusetts?
4. What were hideous to the colonists and were assigned to the Indians, according to the author?
5. A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians was published in what year?
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