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

2. The comment that “A boy’s courage is a keen weapon that wants temper” (89) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?
(a) Sacagawea.
(b) Lozen.
(c) Pocahontas.
(d) Nanye-hi.

4. Which of Sedgwick’s brothers first encouraged her to write, per Karcher?
(a) Theodore.
(b) Charles.
(c) Robert.
(d) Harry.

5. Which author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) William Cullen Bryant.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?

2. How many, including Mononotto, attack Bethel?

3. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?

4. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?

5. In what year was Sedgwick first published?

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