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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 was Hope Leslie published?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1827.

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

3. 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.”

4. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?
(a) Sir Winston Churchill.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) Sir Thomas Malory.
(d) Sir Philip Sidney.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?

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

5. Which of the following refers to Sedgwick’s native social group?

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