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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 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?
(a) Arabella.
(b) Lion.
(c) Blessing of the Bay.
(d) Mayflower.

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

3. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 9 days.

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

5. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1822.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Esther Downing when she meets Everell?

2. The comment that “the little girl received it from him as passively as the young bird takes food from its mother” (127) offers an example of which of the following?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?

5. Which of Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?

(see the answer key)

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