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

2. When was Bartholomew de Las Casas born?
(a) 1484.
(b) 1425.
(c) 1495.
(d) 1515.

3. Benjamin Church is considered the father of what?
(a) Modernism.
(b) The American Dream.
(c) American ranging.
(d) The American West.

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

5. On what date was Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags first performed?
(a) December 15, 1829.
(b) September 16, 1922.
(c) December 12, 1833.
(d) November 30, 1802.

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

7. How many children of Mary Rowlandson's were among the hostages taken by Native Americans?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

8. When was Edwin Forrest born?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1806.
(d) 1825.

9. The Five Civilized Tribes were the five Native American nations: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and what?
(a) Algonquian.
(b) Seminole.
(c) Mohegan.
(d) Mohawk.

10. For how much money was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 30 pounds.

11. What book did Jill Lepore publish in 2010?
(a) Blindspot: A Novel.
(b) The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History.
(c) A is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States.
(d) Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents.

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

13. 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) Conquistadors.
(b) Vigilantes.
(c) Argonauts.
(d) Crusaders.

14. The majority of the dead Native Americans and many of the colonials during the war died as the result of what?
(a) Fire.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Disease.

15. When did Mary Rowlandson's family move to Lancaster, Massachusetts?
(a) 1653.
(b) 1648.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1612.

Short Answer Questions

1. The money that ransomed Mary Rowlandson was paid by whom?

2. Who was held captive by the Narragansetts, though he was hanged and quartered for treason?

3. When was Mary Rowlandson born?

4. When did Benjamin Church die?

5. When was the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus?

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