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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 “These letters contain tidings that have opened a long sealed fountain” (sic, 66) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

2. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Songbirds.

3. What name is given to William Fletcher’s estate outside Springfield?
(a) Bethel.
(b) Bath.
(c) Boston.
(d) Bethlehem.

4. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Abraham.

5. Which of the following character types does Karcher claim Cooper brought into American fiction?
(a) The rebel soldier.
(b) The cowboy.
(c) The SEAL.
(d) The frontiersman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?

2. Which of the following does Karcher exempt from her discussion of family lost in massacre (21)?

3. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?

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

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

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