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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment that “he could not bear to be thus driven, like a fox to his hole” (100) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

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

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

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

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

6. In what year, per Karcher (19), does Sedgwick meet a descendant of Eunice Williams?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1823.

7. In what year did Sedgwick’s paternal family arrive in Massachusetts?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1665.
(c) 1635.
(d) 1620.

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

9. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?
(a) Access to resources.
(b) Genetic superiority.
(c) Inborn morality.
(d) Documented history.

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

11. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?
(a) Sir Thomas Malory.
(b) Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) Sir Winston Churchill.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

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

13. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?
(a) Detailed review of available materials.
(b) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.
(c) Rigorous editing for style and content.
(d) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.

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

15. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?
(a) Jennet.
(b) Faith.
(c) Martha.
(d) Everell.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?

2. In what year was Hope Leslie published?

3. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?

4. From which port does William purpose to leave for New England before he breaks ties with his uncle?

5. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?

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