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

2. In which of the following parts of England was William Fletcher born?
(a) Yorkshire.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Kent.

3. The term “sumptuary” has which of the following meanings?
(a) Having to do with clothing.
(b) Having to do with food.
(c) Having to do with pumping.
(d) Having to do with cotton.

4. The comment that “the wing is strengthened by use, and the bird that drops in its first flutterings about the parent nest, may yet soar into the sky” (268) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

5. Which of the following is the name of the mother of Magawisca?
(a) Monaco.
(b) Monoca.
(c) Nelema.
(d) Mononotto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is king when Gardiner arrives in Boston?

2. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?

3. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?

4. At approximately what time do Puritan Sabbath services end in the novel?

5. What does Gardiner describe as “the ruling passion of her sex,” of women (254)?

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