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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which of the following does Karcher assert Rosa is associated (31)?
(a) Guy Fawkes.
(b) Guy Lombardo.
(c) Guy Fieri.
(d) Guy Lafleur.

3. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Ishmael.

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

5. “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) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.
(c) Detailed review of available materials.
(d) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.

6. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1637.
(c) 1638.
(d) 1636.

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

8. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?
(a) Nanye-hi.
(b) Sacagawea.
(c) Lozen.
(d) Pocahontas.

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

10. To what sect does Karcher assert Bertha Grafton belongs?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Puritan.

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

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

13. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Fletcher.
(c) Williams.
(d) Winthrop.

14. 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) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Karcher’s commentary, the term “extralegal” (27) carries which of the following meanings?

2. Which of Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?

3. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?

4. 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?

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

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