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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 Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) Around Mull.
(b) El Furiedis.
(c) The Lamplighter.
(d) Mabel Vaughan.

2. Which of the following does Karcher note that Lucy Aikin critiques in the novel (36)?
(a) Depiction of Europeans.
(b) Depiction of women.
(c) Depiction of Puritans.
(d) Depiction of Native Americans.

3. Which of the following refers to Sedgwick’s native social group?
(a) The Boston Brahmins.
(b) The River Rats.
(c) The Lords of the Realm.
(d) The River Gods.

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)?
(a) Failure to cultivate the land.
(b) Failure to cultivate affections.
(c) Failure to cultivate the arts.
(d) Failure to cultivate literacy.

5. In what year was Sedgwick first published?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1827.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

4. In what year, per Karcher (16), does Sedgwick convert to Unitarianism?

5. Which of the following does Karcher note is “prerequisite to preventing racial strife” (21)?

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