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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 7 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Karcher note that Charles Sismondi critiques in the novel (35)?
(a) Depiction of women.
(b) Depiction of Puritans.
(c) Depiction of Native Americans.
(d) Depiction of Europeans.

2. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?
(a) Salem.
(b) Boston.
(c) Springfield.
(d) Cambridge.

3. 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) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?
(a) Songbirds.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Chickens.

5. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?
(a) Genetic superiority.
(b) Documented history.
(c) Access to resources.
(d) Inborn morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Representatives of what tribe are present at the dinner during which Winthrop welcomes Everell and Gardiner to Boston?

2. The phrase “Daughter of disloyalty and mother of all misrule” (52) offers examples of which of the following?

3. Which of the following ships does Craddock note brought supplies to Boston at a time of deprivation rehearsed at the dinner during which Winthrop welcomes Everell and Gardiner to Boston?

4. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?

5. How many years pass between Magawisca’s maiming and Hope Leslie’s reported letter to Everell in England?

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