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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Digby attempt to refuse to accompany Grafton from Bethel to meet her baggage in Springfield?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. Which of the following does Karcher note that Charles Sismondi critiques in the novel (35)?
(a) Depiction of Europeans.
(b) Depiction of Puritans.
(c) Depiction of Native Americans.
(d) Depiction of women.

3. From which port does William purpose to leave for New England before he breaks ties with his uncle?
(a) Felixstowe.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Southampton.
(d) London.

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

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

6. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of “peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial exchanges of goods and services” (22) between indigenous and settler populations?
(a) Samoset.
(b) Magawisca.
(c) Oneco.
(d) Nelema.

7. The comment that “they have fallen like our forest trees, before the stroke of the English axe” (84) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

8. How many, including Mononotto, attack Bethel?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

9. In what year does William Fletcher emigrate to New England?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1640.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1630.

10. The comment that “I have, in vain, attempted to…make her take part with Jennet; but as hopefully might you yoke a deer with an ox” (79) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Allonym.

11. How old is Samoset when he dies?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

12. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?
(a) Inborn morality.
(b) Access to resources.
(c) Documented history.
(d) Genetic superiority.

13. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1971.

14. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

15. In what year was Hope Leslie published?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1824.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?

2. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?

3. In what year did Sedgwick’s paternal family arrive in Massachusetts?

4. Which of the following does Karcher report Sedgwick “develops with the most conviction” as a solution towards interracial tensions (26)?

5. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?

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