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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 does Robert do to Bess?

2. What do the Feakes and Patricks purchase from Telaka's father, Mianos?

3. Bess learns that ____________________ has returned to Boston.

4. What news does Will deliver to Bess?

5. Why does Toby build a room onto Bess' home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Bess and her family saved during an Indian attack on their home?

2. What does Will discover when he visits Watertown one day?

3. What would make the villagers accuse Bess of being a witch?

4. What occurs in Chapter 18 which is a mixed blessing for Bess?

5. What are some of the underlying reasons for the witchcraft hysteria running rampant in the colony?

6. What does the letter from George Baxter represent to Bess?

7. What surprising statement does the harsh John Winthrop make just prior to his death?

8. In addition to England, what other countries are claiming territory in the New World?

9. Under what conditions is Bess' divorce from Robert granted?

10. What is the symbolism of Bess' new home in Watertown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Bess' openness and sense of adventure put her family at risk? Explain her encounters with Indians as an example. Does Bess assume that everyone has authentic motives as she does? Is Bess' naivete a danger to herself or to the colony? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Anne Hutchinson. What is her role in the colony? Do you think she was tried primarily for heresy or because she was a strong, intelligent woman? Explain. What would have been Anne's eventual fate if she had not been killed in the Indian attack at her home?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think the trial of Anne Hutchinson reflects more negatively on John Winthrop than it does on Anne? Explain. After some research on the transcripts of Anne's trials, what opinion do you have of her? Was Anne an agitator or someone with pure motives? Why could John Winthrop make no allowances for Anne and just let her lead her own life? Was John's behavior motivated by religion or male dominance?

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