1. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?
(a) Hope Leslie.
(b) Faith Leslie.
(c) Esther Downing.
(d) Bertha Grafton.

2. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans.
(b) The Mothers Book.
(c) The Frugal Housewife.
(d) Hobomok.

3. The comment that “he could not bear to be thus driven, like a fox to his hole” (100) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allegory.

4. Which of the following does Karcher note is “prerequisite to preventing racial strife” (21)?
(a) Recognition of two peoples’ mutual enemy.
(b) Recognition of two peoples’ shared disdain.
(c) Recognition of two peoples’ common humanity.
(d) Recognition of two peoples’ distinct practices.

5. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hope Leslie’s musing that “I fancy their inquiries will turn out like the experiment of the inquisitive boy, who cut open the drum to find the sound” (151) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?

3. In what year was Sedgwick born?

4. The word “sylvan” carries which of the following meanings?

5. The term “esculents” carries which of the following meanings (62)?

(see the answer key)

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