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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags originally performed?
(a) The Metropolitan Playhouse in New York City.
(b) The Park Theater in New York City.
(c) The Boston Globe Theater.
(d) Carnegie Hall in New York City.

2. When was William Charles Macready born?
(a) 1793.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1873.

3. Where was Mary Rowlandson born?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) England.

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

5. Who were Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain and Portugal in the 15th to 16th centuries?
(a) Crusaders.
(b) Vigilantes.
(c) Conquistadors.
(d) Argonauts.

6. Jill Lepore earned a B.A. in English at what university?
(a) The University of Michigan.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Tufts University.

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

8. Bartholomew de Las Casas thought that if Indians souls could be redeemed, then they had worth and that therefore they should not be what?
(a) Enslaved.
(b) Detained.
(c) Idolized.
(d) Killed.

9. The money that ransomed Mary Rowlandson was paid by whom?
(a) James Printer.
(b) John Hoar.
(c)
(d) Joshua Tift.

10. The Mahican people were historically located in what region?
(a) Western Canada.
(b) The Hudson Valley.
(c) The Deep South.
(d) The Delaware Valley.

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

12. Several hundred native captives were tried and executed or enslaved and sold where?
(a) Asia.
(b) England.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) South Africa.

13. Mohegan translates to what in English?
(a) "People of the wolf".
(b) "People of the bear".
(c) "Children of the Star".
(d) "People of the Swamp".

14. When was The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity published?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1985.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who originated the Narragansett cultural revival?

3. When was Bartholomew de Las Casas born?

4. What refers to the name of a geographical feature in an official or well-established language occurring in that area where the feature is located?

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

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