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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 9 through 15, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?
(a) Suchmakin.
(b) Wequash.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Sassacus.

2. Which of the following roles does Digby serve for Governor Wintrhop?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Constable.
(c) Gamekeeper.
(d) Jailer.

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

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

5. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Songbirds.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Eagles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the novel report as the reason Esther Downing’s father refuses to come to New England (260)?

2. At what time are Everell, Cradock, and Barnaby set to appear before Winthrop in court?

3. The word “rill” carries which of the following meanings?

4. How much time does the jailer allow Hope Leslie to visit Magawisca without a permit from the Governor?

5. Magawisca’s remark that she feels fear, “but it is such fear as he hath, who, seeing the prey in the eagle’s talons, is loath to hurl his arrow, lest, perchance, it should wound the innocent victim” (351) offers an example of which of the following?

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