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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. Which President of the United States was Andrew Jackson?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Sixth.

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

3. On what date was Mary Rowlandson ransomed?
(a) May 2, 1675.
(b) June 14, 1675.
(c) July 7, 1677.
(d) March 1, 1677.

4. When did William Charles Macready die?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1793.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children of Mary Rowlandson's were among the hostages taken by Native Americans?

2. King Philip was tracked down by colony-allied Native Americans led by Captain Benjamin Church and who of the Plymouth Colony militia?

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

4. The Five Civilized Tribes were the five Native American nations: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and what?

5. On what date was Metacomet's wife captured by enemy forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the rock thought to have been engraved in the Epilogue, The Rock?

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

3. What book did Washington Irving write about King Philip's War? How is it described in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

4. Why was King Philip's War resurrected during the American Revolution, as discussed in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

5. What does the author write regarding the legend of King Philip and our perception of him through the eyes of history?

6. How was Edwin Forrest's portrayal of Metamora received in England? What does the author write of this in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?

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

8. How is the relationship between the Indians and the colonists described in 1681 in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

9. Who was Joshue Tift? What experience did he have in captivity, as discussed in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?

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

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