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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 author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?
(a) William Cullen Bryant.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

2. Which of Sedgwick’s writings was erroneously attributed to James Fenimore Cooper?
(a) The Linwoods.
(b) Last of the Mohicans.
(c) Redwood.
(d) Clarence.

3. 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) Magawisca.
(b) Nelema.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Oneco.

4. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?
(a) Sir Thomas Malory.
(b) Sir Winston Churchill.
(c) Sir Walter Scott.
(d) Sir Philip Sidney.

5. Which of Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) El Furiedis.
(b) Around Mull.
(c) The Lamplighter.
(d) Mabel Vaughan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year, per Karcher (16), does Sedgwick convert to Unitarianism?

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

3. Whom does Everell injure at Bethel?

4. Which of the following does Karcher report Sedgwick “develops with the most conviction” as a solution towards interracial tensions (26)?

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

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