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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 does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?
(a) Lozen.
(b) Sacagawea.
(c) Nanye-hi.
(d) Pocahontas.

2. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Law enacted?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1786.

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

4. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?
(a) Inborn morality.
(b) Access to resources.
(c) Genetic superiority.
(d) Documented history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Hope Leslie published?

2. In what year was Sedgwick first published?

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

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

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

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