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

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?
(a) Nelema.
(b) Oneco.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Magawisca.

3. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?
(a) 1638.
(b) 1637.
(c) 1639.
(d) 1636.

4. In what year did Sedgwick’s paternal family arrive in Massachusetts?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1635.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1620.

5. 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’ common humanity.
(d) Recognition of two peoples’ distinct practices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?

2. Which critic does Karcher cite as demonstrating ambiguities about the Puritans in Hope Leslie (29)?

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

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

5. Which of Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?

(see the answer key)

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