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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. In what month does Mononotto attack Bethel?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) April.

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

3. In the context of the novel, the term “congeniality” carries which of the following meanings (53)?
(a) Obedience and submission.
(b) Affection and love.
(c) Duty and diligence.
(d) Rebellion and misrule.

4. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1822.

5. The phrase “Daughter of disloyalty and mother of all misrule” (52) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Sedgwick first published?

2. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?

3. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?

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

5. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?

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