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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 critic does Karcher cite as demonstrating ambiguities about the Puritans in Hope Leslie (29)?
(a) Horatio Nelson.
(b) Dana Carvey.
(c) Dana Nelson.
(d) Horatio Carvey.

2. The comment that “they have fallen like our forest trees, before the stroke of the English axe” (84) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

3. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?
(a) Esther Downing.
(b) Bertha Grafton.
(c) Hope Leslie.
(d) Faith Leslie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Karcher remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?

3. Which of the following serves as Mononotto’s crest?

4. How many times does Digby attempt to refuse to accompany Grafton from Bethel to meet her baggage in Springfield?

5. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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