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

2. Whom does Everell injure at Bethel?
(a) Magawisca.
(b) Oneco.
(c) Saco.
(d) Mononotto.

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

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

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

6. 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) Songbirds.
(d) Eagles.

7. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

10. “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) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.
(d) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.

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

12. In what month does Mononotto attack Bethel?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) May.

13. 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) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following character types does Karcher claim Cooper brought into American fiction?

2. Which of the following does Karcher exempt from her discussion of family lost in massacre (21)?

3. How many times does Digby attempt to refuse to accompany Grafton from Bethel to meet her baggage in Springfield?

4. Which of the following does Karcher remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?

5. 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?

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