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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 1 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gardiner describe as “the ruling passion of her sex,” of women (254)?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Lust.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Wrath.

2. The comment that “he could not bear to be thus driven, like a fox to his hole” (100) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

3. The comment that “the panther watching her young is as fearful as a doe” (96) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Conceit.

4. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Ishmael.

5. Which of the following does Grafton note having given to her late husband as an early sign of her favor (275)?
(a) An emerald necklace.
(b) A painted fan.
(c) A painted portrait.
(d) An embroidered handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?

2. Which of the following does Esther Downing say to Hope Leslie “ought to make you independent of the opinion of any of your friends” (234)?

3. Whom does Hope Leslie first encounter after escaping Oneco?

4. Which of the following is noted as the “chief of the Mohegans” (249)?

5. When, per the novel, does Sabbath observance begin among the Puritans?

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