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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. King Philip was killed on what date?
(a) November 14, 1676.
(b) August 12, 1676.
(c) May 1, 1676.
(d) August 23, 1677.

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

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

4. Mary Rowlandson was the fifth of how many children?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags originally performed?

3. 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?

4. When did Andrew Jackson die?

5. Jill Lepore is a contributing writer for what publication?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author conclude regarding American identity in the Epilogue, The Rock?

2. How does the author describe Mary Rowlandson's perspective of captivity in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?

3. What theories does the author describe for James Printer's captivity in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?

4. How does the author describe cultural revivals among the Indians in Epilogue, The Rock?

5. What American actor gained fame for his portrayal of Metacom in Metamora? How is he described in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

6. What was represented by the appearance of King Philip's head in Plymouth, as discussed in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

7. What issues did the colonists have with distinguishing captured Indians, as discussed in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

8. How is the aftermath of the war described amongst the colonists in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

9. What does the rock symbolically represent, according to the author in the Epilogue, The Rock?

10. What view did Bartholomew de Las Casas have regarding Indian slavery, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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