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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?
(a) John Alderman.
(b) Increase Mather.
(c) Richard Callicot.
(d) William Hubbard.

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

3. When was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?
(a) 1641.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1677.
(d) 1652.

4. John Eliot's efforts as a missionary earned him what nickname?
(a) "The White apostle".
(b) "The Indian apostle".
(c) "The Christian apostle".
(d) "Saint Eliot".

5. When did Hugo Grotius die?
(a) 1672.
(b) 1645.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1677.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Hugo Grotius born?

2. What was the name of the Algonquian language?

3. In 1600 the Wampanoag lived primarily in what two states?

4. At what age did Hugo Grotius publish his first book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the colonists believe of the Indian powwaws? How did this shape their view of the war, as discussed in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

2. What did the author write of the changing Puritan population and identity in the 1630s and 1640s in the Prologue?

3. Describe the methods of news and communication within the colonies, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed. How reliable were news sources?

4. How did the loss of property impact the Puritans, as discussed in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

5. How does the author relate King Philip's War to a holy war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?

6. How did Nathaniel Saltonstall describe the war in relation to the body, as discussed in Part Two, War, Chapter 3, Habitations of Cruelty?

7. How does the author describe the motivations of the colonists and the Native Americans in the war in the Prologue?

8. How did the actions of the English impact the Native American people, according to the author in the Prologue?

9. When did King Philip's War begin, according to the author in the Prologue? What tribes were involved?

10. How is literacy in the colonies described in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

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