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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) Suffolk.
(b) Kent.
(c) Yorkshire.
(d) Wessex.

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

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

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

5. The comment that “These letters contain tidings that have opened a long sealed fountain” (sic, 66) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

6. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?
(a) Suchmakin.
(b) Wequash.
(c) Sassacus.
(d) Samoset.

7. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

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

10. What name is given to William Fletcher’s estate outside Springfield?
(a) Boston.
(b) Bethel.
(c) Bath.
(d) Bethlehem.

11. The phrase “Daughter of disloyalty and mother of all misrule” (52) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Pentameter.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Rhyme.

12. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 1 day.

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

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

15. 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?
(a) Allonym.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?

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

5. 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?

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