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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. What was the name of King Philip's older brother, known by the English as King Alexander?
2. The Mohawk people call themselves what, which means "people of the place of the flint"?
3. Benjamin Church is considered the father of what?
4. Where was William Charles Macready born?
5. What was the name of the Indian who shot King Philip?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did critics say of the play Metamora? Who supported the play as propaganda for Indian Removal?
2. How does the author describe the symbolism of Metamora in regard to American identity in Part Four, Memory, Chapter 8, The Curse of Metamora?
3. How does the author describe cultural revivals among the Indians in Epilogue, The Rock?
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 happened after James Printer was released from captivity, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?
6. How is the Indian slave trade 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 Joshue Tift? What experience did he have in captivity, as discussed in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 5, Come Go Along with Us?
9. What debate surrounded the fate of Metacom's son, as described in Part Three, Bondage, Chapter 6, A Dangerous Merchandise?
10. What does the author conclude regarding American identity in the Epilogue, The Rock?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the Great Swamp Battle and the attack on Medfield, Massachusetts. How many civilians and soldiers were lost in the battles?
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
Discuss the murder of John Sassamon and the subsequent trial of Mattashunannamo, Tobias, and Wampapaquan. How did this event contribute to the beginning of King Philip's War?
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