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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 7 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How high does the novel note the tallest of Boston’s hills stands?
(a) 138 feet.
(b) 142 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 80 feet.

2. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Williams.
(c) Fletcher.
(d) Winthrop.

3. When, per the novel, does Sabbath observance begin among the Puritans?
(a) Saturday night.
(b) Sunday morning.
(c) Friday night.
(d) Saturday morning.

4. The word “sylvan” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Swampy.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Barren.
(d) Wooded.

5. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Law enacted?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1800.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?

2. With which of the following does Karcher assert Rosa is associated (31)?

3. Which of the following character types does Karcher claim Cooper brought into American fiction?

4. In what year was Hope Leslie published?

5. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?

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