Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian: Who Was Pocahontas?

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Correct. The answer is d. In source 1, John Smith assumes that Powhaten allowed him to live because Pocahontas showed that she did not want him to die. Smith believed that Pocahontas’s feelings for him changed her father’s mind.
Incorrect. The answer is d. In source 1, John Smith assumes that Powhaten allowed him to live because Pocahontas showed that she did not want him to die. Smith believed that Pocahontas’s feelings for him changed her father’s mind.

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Correct. The answer is c. The engraving depicts Powhaten as a man much larger than most of the other people surrounding him in order to illustrate his power over them.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The engraving depicts Powhaten as a man much larger than most of the other people surrounding him in order to illustrate his power over them.

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Correct. The answer is c. John Rolfe justifies his marriage to Pocahontas on the basis that they loved one another and that their love made it possible for him to teach her “the knowledge of God.”
Incorrect. The answer is c. John Rolfe justifies his marriage to Pocahontas on the basis that they loved one another and that their love made it possible for him to teach her “the knowledge of God.”

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Correct. The answer is a. Van De Pass’s portrait underlines Pocahontas’s Indian-ness through her complexion and by listing her Native American names. It also emphasizes her assimilation to English culture by depicting her in English clothing and referring to her as Rebecca.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Van De Pass’s portrait underlines Pocahontas’s Indian-ness through her complexion and by listing her Native American names. It also emphasizes her assimilation to English culture by depicting her in English clothing and referring to her as Rebecca.

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Correct. The answer is c. John Smith’s recounting of his alleged conversation with Pocahontas in England in 1616 suggests that she regarded him with a great deal of ambivalence, remembering him as a father figure but also recognizing that, as an Englishman, he was probably untrustworthy.
Incorrect. The answer is c. John Smith’s recounting of his alleged conversation with Pocahontas in England in 1616 suggests that she regarded him with a great deal of ambivalence, remembering him as a father figure but also recognizing that, as an Englishman, he was probably untrustworthy.