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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?
(a) Poe’s Montresor.
(b) Cooper’s Hawkeye.
(c) Irving’s Van Winkle.
(d) Hawthorne’s Prynne.

2. What name is given to William Fletcher’s estate outside Springfield?
(a) Boston.
(b) Bethlehem.
(c) Bath.
(d) Bethel.

3. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

5. In what year does William Fletcher emigrate to New England?
(a) 1640.
(b) 1630.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1610.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Mononotto attack Bethel?

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

3. The comment that “the little girl received it from him as passively as the young bird takes food from its mother” (127) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?

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

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