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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

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

3. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1971.

4. Which of the following refers to Sedgwick’s native social group?
(a) The Boston Brahmins.
(b) The River Gods.
(c) The River Rats.
(d) The Lords of the Realm.

5. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?

2. Which of the following does Karcher note that Charles Sismondi critiques in the novel (35)?

3. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?

4. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?

5. Which author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?

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