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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?
(a) 1599.
(b) 1611.
(c) 1617.
(d) 1605.

2. The comment that “the little girl received it from him as passively as the young bird takes food from its mother” (127) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Opposition.
(b) Proposition.
(c) Apposition.
(d) Supposition.

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

5. In which of the following parts of England was William Fletcher born?
(a) Suffolk.
(b) Wessex.
(c) Yorkshire.
(d) Kent.

6. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans.
(b) The Frugal Housewife.
(c) The Mothers Book.
(d) Hobomok.

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

8. In what year was Sedgwick first published?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1824.

9. In what year was the Indian Removal Act enacted?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1828.

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

11. Which of the following does Karcher note is “prerequisite to preventing racial strife” (21)?
(a) Recognition of two peoples’ common humanity.
(b) Recognition of two peoples’ distinct practices.
(c) Recognition of two peoples’ mutual enemy.
(d) Recognition of two peoples’ shared disdain.

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

13. In the context of the novel, the term “congeniality” carries which of the following meanings (53)?
(a) Affection and love.
(b) Obedience and submission.
(c) Rebellion and misrule.
(d) Duty and diligence.

14. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1824.

15. Which of Sedgwick’s brothers first encouraged her to write, per Karcher?
(a) Charles.
(b) Harry.
(c) Theodore.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?

2. In what year was Sedgwick born?

3. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?

4. The comment that “he could not bear to be thus driven, like a fox to his hole” (100) offers an example of which of the following?

5. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?

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