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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 1 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “esculents” carries which of the following meanings (62)?
(a) Cash holdings.
(b) Food crops.
(c) Mineral goods.
(d) Cash crops.

2. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?
(a) 700.
(b) 600.
(c) 400.
(d) 500.

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

4. In what color bodice does Hope dress for dinner with the Winthrops, Everell, and Gardiner upon the evening of the arrival of the latter two (194)?
(a) Green
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Pink.

5. Which of the following tokens from Faith Leslie reaches Hope Leslie in Boston?
(a) A ring.
(b) A broach.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following ships does Craddock note brought supplies to Boston at a time of deprivation rehearsed at the dinner during which Winthrop welcomes Everell and Gardiner to Boston?

2. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?

3. Which author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?

4. In the context of the novel, the term “congeniality” carries which of the following meanings (53)?

5. Which of the following is the vendor selling who calls upon the Winthrop household before Hope Leslie goes out at night (236)?

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