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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 remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?
(a) Failure to cultivate affections.
(b) Failure to cultivate literacy.
(c) Failure to cultivate the land.
(d) Failure to cultivate the arts.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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) Proposition.
(b) Supposition.
(c) Apposition.
(d) Opposition.

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. Which of the following is the birth-name of Faith Leslie?
(a) Mary.
(b) Martha.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Margaret.

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

14. Which of Sedgwick’s writings was erroneously attributed to James Fenimore Cooper?
(a) Redwood.
(b) Last of the Mohicans.
(c) Clarence.
(d) The Linwoods.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The comment that “These letters contain tidings that have opened a long sealed fountain” (sic, 66) offers an example of which of the following?

3. In what year was Hope Leslie published?

4. In what year does William Fletcher emigrate to New England?

5. In what year was the Indian Removal Act enacted?

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