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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 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 Equality of the Races.”
(c) “On the Inequality of the Sexes.”
(d) “On the Equality of the Sexes.”

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

3. Which of the following does Karcher remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?
(a) Failure to cultivate the arts.
(b) Failure to cultivate the land.
(c) Failure to cultivate affections.
(d) Failure to cultivate literacy.

4. “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) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.
(c) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.
(d) Rigorous editing for style and content.

5. To what sect does Karcher assert Bertha Grafton belongs?
(a) Puritan.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Law enacted?

2. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?

3. With which of the following does Karcher assert Rosa is associated (31)?

4. Which critic does Karcher cite as demonstrating ambiguities about the Puritans in Hope Leslie (29)?

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

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