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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 does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?
(a) Nanye-hi.
(b) Pocahontas.
(c) Sacagawea.
(d) Lozen.

2. Which of the following does Karcher note that Charles Sismondi critiques in the novel (35)?
(a) Depiction of Native Americans.
(b) Depiction of women.
(c) Depiction of Europeans.
(d) Depiction of Puritans.

3. The comment that “These letters contain tidings that have opened a long sealed fountain” (sic, 66) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

4. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

5. Which of the following does Karcher remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?
(a) Failure to cultivate literacy.
(b) Failure to cultivate the arts.
(c) Failure to cultivate the land.
(d) Failure to cultivate affections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?

2. Which of the following is the name of the mother of Magawisca?

3. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?

4. Which of the following does Karcher note that Lucy Aikin critiques in the novel (36)?

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

(see the answer key)

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