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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Sedgwick’s paternal family arrive in Massachusetts?
(a) 1665.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1635.
(d) 1650.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of “peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial exchanges of goods and services” (22) between indigenous and settler populations?
(a) Samoset.
(b) Magawisca.
(c) Nelema.
(d) Oneco.

4. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?
(a) “On the Inequality of the Races.”
(b) “On the Inequality of the Sexes.”
(c) “On the Equality of the Sexes.”
(d) “On the Equality of the Races.”

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?

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

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

5. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?

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