The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity Test | Final Test - Hard

Jill Lepore
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity Test | Final Test - Hard

Jill Lepore
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Historians know little of what happened to King Philip's son except that he was sold into slavery and probably shipped where?

2. On what date was Mary Rowlandson kidnapped?

3. What tribe was Mary Rowlandson kidnapped by?

4. What was the name of King Philip's father?

5. At what event did King Philip's head make an appearance in Plymouth following the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Indian slave trade described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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

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

5. How does the author describe the aftermath of the war for the Indians in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan? What was the cause of the majority of deaths in the war?

6. What debate surrounded the fate of Metacom's son, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?

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

8. Who was Mary Rowlandson? What account did she write of King Philip's War?

9. How does the author describe the treatment of Philip's body in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 7, That Blasphemous Leviathan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the accounts of the war written by Increase Mather and William Hubbard. How did these accounts differ?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the English colonial identity and the correlation between that identity and land. How does the author relate these concepts metaphorically?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Nathaniel Saltonstall and his "True but Brief Account of our Losses." When and where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born? What was his involvement in the war?

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