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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year, per Karcher (16), does Sedgwick convert to Unitarianism?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1823.

3. In Karcher’s commentary, the term “extralegal” (27) carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Against the law.
(b) Outside the law.
(c) With additional force of law.
(d) In an excess of law.

4. With which of the following does Karcher assert Rosa is associated (31)?
(a) Guy Lafleur.
(b) Guy Fawkes.
(c) Guy Lombardo.
(d) Guy Fieri.

5. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?
(a) Detailed review of available materials.
(b) Rigorous editing for style and content.
(c) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.
(d) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Sedgwick’s writings was erroneously attributed to James Fenimore Cooper?

2. To what sect does Karcher assert Bertha Grafton belongs?

3. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?

4. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?

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

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