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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following refers to Sedgwick’s native social group?
(a) The River Gods.
(b) The Boston Brahmins.
(c) The River Rats.
(d) The Lords of the Realm.

3. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?
(a) Irving’s Van Winkle.
(b) Hawthorne’s Prynne.
(c) Poe’s Montresor.
(d) Cooper’s Hawkeye.

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

5. Which of the following is the birth-name of Hope Leslie?
(a) Addison.
(b) Anna.
(c) Avery.
(d) Alice.

6. 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) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

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

8. 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) Allegory.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

9. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?
(a) Boston.
(b) Salem.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Springfield.

10. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?
(a) Sir Thomas Malory.
(b) Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) Sir Winston Churchill.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

11. In Karcher’s commentary, the term “extralegal” (27) carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Outside the law.
(b) With additional force of law.
(c) In an excess of law.
(d) Against the law.

12. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?
(a) Rigorous editing for style and content.
(b) Detailed review of available materials.
(c) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.
(d) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.

13. Which of the following does Karcher report Sedgwick “develops with the most conviction” as a solution towards interracial tensions (26)?
(a) Amorous marriage.
(b) Simple friendship.
(c) Amicable trade.
(d) Peaceful coexistence.

14. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?
(a) “On the Inequality of the Sexes.”
(b) “On the Equality of the Sexes.”
(c) “On the Equality of the Races.”
(d) “On the Inequality of the Races.”

15. Which of the following does Karcher note that Lucy Aikin critiques in the novel (36)?
(a) Depiction of women.
(b) Depiction of Europeans.
(c) Depiction of Puritans.
(d) Depiction of Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which port does William purpose to leave for New England before he breaks ties with his uncle?

2. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

3. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?

4. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?

5. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?

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