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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?
2. According to the author, accounts of King Philip's War that were apocalyptic, with some being sermons, were mostly printed where?
3. When was John Eliot born?
4. Metacomet was a war chief or sachem of what Indian tribe?
5. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the author write of the changing Puritan population and identity in the 1630s and 1640s in the Prologue?
2. How does the author describe the competition between Increase Mather and William Hubbard in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
3. Where were most of the accounts of the war published, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed? How are the accounts described?
4. What does the author remark regarding suffering and writing about the war in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
5. How does the author describe the evidence surrounding John Sassamon's death in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?
6. When did King Philip's War begin, according to the author in the Prologue? What tribes were involved?
7. How is the early life of John Sassamon described in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?
8. How was John Sassamon involved in King Philip's War, as discussed in Part One, Language, Chapter 1, Beware of Any Linguist?
9. What motivations and ethics are described of the Indian tribes for the war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
10. How does the author relate King Philip's War to a holy war in Chapter 4, Where is Your O God?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmuchs, Pocomtucks, Abenakis, Mohegan, Pequot, Mohawk and Christian Indians. What were the relationships between these tribes like prior to the colonization of America?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the life and works of Jill Lepore. What inspired Lepore to write The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity? How has the book been received?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Narragansetts' attack on Providence and the reasons given for the attack. Why did Roger Williams feel betrayed by the attack?
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