1. Which author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) William Cullen Bryant.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

2. Which of the following does Karcher note is “prerequisite to preventing racial strife” (21)?
(a) Recognition of two peoples’ shared disdain.
(b) Recognition of two peoples’ mutual enemy.
(c) Recognition of two peoples’ distinct practices.
(d) Recognition of two peoples’ common humanity.

3. How old is Samoset when he dies?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

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. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?
(a) 500.
(b) 400.
(c) 700.
(d) 600.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Whose scalp does the indigenous man who accompanies Digby to the Fletcher home carry (72)?

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

4. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?

5. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?

(see the answer key)

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