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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jill Lepore earned a M.A. in history from what university?
(a) The University of Michigan.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

2. When was Benjamin Church born?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1689.

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

4. The rock on the shore of Mount Hope Bay was etched after the creation of Cherokee syllabary in what year?
(a) 1793.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1845.

5. Who wrote the play Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) John Augustus Stone.
(c) John Alderman.
(d) Increase Mather.

6. Where was William Charles Macready born?
(a) Bern, Switzerland.
(b) London, England.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Philadelphia, PA.

7. How old was Metacomet's son when he was kidnapped?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

8. Over how many colonists died during King Philip's War?
(a) 600.
(b) 200.
(c) 800.
(d) 500.

9. Who was the husband of Mary Rowlandson?
(a) Rev. Henry Rowlandson.
(b) Rev. Andrew Rowlandson.
(c) Rev. Joseph Rowlandson.
(d) Rev. James Rowlandson.

10. Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags was written in what year?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1775.

11. Jill Lepore is a professor of American history at what university?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Harvard University.

12. Cambridge University Press was granted letters patent by Henry VIII in what year?
(a) 1534.
(b) 1515.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1596.

13. Historians know little of what happened to King Philip's son except that he was sold into slavery and probably shipped where?
(a) To the West Indes.
(b) To England.
(c) To East Asia.
(d) To South Africa.

14. Over how many Native Americans had died during King Philip's War?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 700.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 10,000.

15. What book did Mary Rowlandson write about her capture by Native Americans?
(a) A History of New England.
(b) Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England.
(c) The Sovereignty and Goodness of God.
(d) The Grace and Glory of Our Savior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who strongly opposed selling Indians into slavery, arguing that slavery was worse than death?

2. What was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III and his successor, Edward I?

3. Where were Metacomet's wife and son sent after they had been captured?

4. The white population of New England totaled about how many men of military age at the start of King Philip's War?

5. What tribe was Mary Rowlandson kidnapped by?

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