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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. How long does Magawisca note will lapse between her graveyard meeting with Hope Leslie and a meeting between Hope and Faith Leslie (243)?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 days.

2. At approximately what time do Puritan Sabbath services end in the novel?
(a) Noon.
(b) 9 o’clock.
(c) 10 o’clock.
(d) 11 o’clock.

3. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?
(a) 400.
(b) 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 700.

4. Who is the second to come upon Hope Leslie after she flees Esther and Everell on Digby’s island (273)?
(a) Everell.
(b) Gardiner.
(c) Esther.
(d) Digby.

5. Mononotto’s comment about Everell that, “Boy, as he is, he fought for his mother, as the eagle fights for its young” (144) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?

2. Which of the following was the name of Rosa’s canary (258)?

3. The comment that “There she met Hope Leslie—a bright gay spirit—an allegro to her penseroso” (192) offers an example of which of the following?

4. How, per the novel, is Esther Downing related to Governor Winthrop (187)?

5. The word “rill” carries which of the following meanings?

(see the answer key)

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