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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 year was Sedgwick born?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1776.

2. Which of the following serves as Mononotto’s crest?
(a) Eagle wing feather.
(b) Turkey tail feather.
(c) Eagle tail feather.
(d) Owl wing feather.

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

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

5. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “they have fallen like our forest trees, before the stroke of the English axe” (84) offers an example of which of the following?

2. In what year did Sedgwick’s paternal family arrive in Massachusetts?

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

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

5. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?

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