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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) Simple friendship.
(c) Peaceful coexistence.
(d) Amorous marriage.

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

3. Which of Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) The Lamplighter.
(b) El Furiedis.
(c) Around Mull.
(d) Mabel Vaughan.

4. Which of the following does Karcher assert does “not belong in a regenerated nation,” as envisioned by Sedgwick(31)?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Episcopalians.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Unitarians.

5. The comment that “the panther watching her young is as fearful as a doe” (96) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

6. 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.

7. In what year was Hope Leslie published?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1829.

8. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?
(a) 400.
(b) 700.
(c) 600.
(d) 500.

9. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Law enacted?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1786.

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

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

12. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

13. Which of the following serves as Mononotto’s crest?
(a) Eagle wing feather.
(b) Owl wing feather.
(c) Turkey tail feather.
(d) Eagle tail feather.

14. 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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

15. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Mononotto attack Bethel?

2. Which of the following is the birth-name of Hope Leslie?

3. What name is given to William Fletcher’s estate outside Springfield?

4. How old is Samoset when he dies?

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

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