1. What does the novel note was the first English name of Boston (181)?
(a) Tri-mountain.
(b) Corn-hill.
(c) Beacon-hill.
(d) Charlestown.

2. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?
(a) Wequash.
(b) Samoset.
(c) Suchmakin.
(d) Sassacus.

3. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of “peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial exchanges of goods and services” (22) between indigenous and settler populations?
(a) Nelema.
(b) Samoset.
(c) Magawisca.
(d) Oneco.

4. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Opposition.
(b) Supposition.
(c) Apposition.
(d) Proposition.

5. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?
(a) 1599.
(b) 1605.
(c) 1611.
(d) 1617.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hope Leslie’s musing that “I fancy their inquiries will turn out like the experiment of the inquisitive boy, who cut open the drum to find the sound” (151) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following does Karcher note is “prerequisite to preventing racial strife” (21)?

3. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?

4. With whom is Everett staying in England (161)?

5. The comment that “These letters contain tidings that have opened a long sealed fountain” (sic, 66) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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