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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. How old is Samoset when he dies?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

2. Which of the following food-sources is noted as “more noble” among the Husatonick (138)?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Buck.
(c) Trout.
(d) Pumpkin.

3. 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 Europeans.
(d) Depiction of Native Americans.

4. 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?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Conceit.

5. Hope Leslie’s comment that “if you do not fairly conduct me through its mazes, I shall make use of the clue you have dropped, and find my own way through the labyrinth” (185) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Sedgwick’s brothers first encouraged her to write, per Karcher?

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

3. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?

4. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

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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