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

2. The comment that “the panther watching her young is as fearful as a doe” (96) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

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

4. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) York.
(c) Suffolk.
(d) Sussex.

5. Which critic does Karcher cite as demonstrating ambiguities about the Puritans in Hope Leslie (29)?
(a) Horatio Nelson.
(b) Dana Carvey.
(c) Dana Nelson.
(d) Horatio Carvey.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?

2. What does the novel note was the first English name of Boston (181)?

3. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Law enacted?

4. On which of the following streets does the house of government sit in Boston in the novel?

5. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?

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