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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 roles does Digby serve for Governor Wintrhop?
(a) Constable.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Jailer.
(d) Gamekeeper.

2. What does Gardiner comment “that rosebuds, in the vocabulary of flowers, are made to signify” (267)?
(a) Platonic affection.
(b) Familial affection.
(c) Romantic affection.
(d) Lack of affection.

3. How valuable an estate is Winthrop noted to have (197)?
(a) 700 pounds annually.
(b) 700 pounds weekly.
(c) 700 pounds total.
(d) 700 pounds monthly.

4. The term “garrulity” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Talking not at all.
(b) Talking just enough.
(c) Talking too little.
(d) Talking too much.

5. How old is Esther Downing when she meets Everell?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

6. Hope Leslie’s comment that “‘It is a night,’ she continued, looking up at the bright moon, ‘to make one long to soar—so I will just spread my wings, and leave you to crawl on the earth’” (222) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

7. In what month do the Fletchers accompany Holioke to Northampton?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) September.

8. Which of the following is Magawisca doing when Hope Leslie first meets her in the graveyard?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Standing.
(c) Pacing.
(d) Kneeling.

9. The comment that “In short, she was the petted lamb of the fold” (174) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

10. Hope Leslie’s musing that “I fancy their inquiries will turn out like the experiment of the inquisitive boy, who cut open the drum to find the sound” (151) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

11. How long does Hope Leslie lay in a comatose fever after her escape from Oneco and restoration to Boston?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

12. The term “sumptuary” has which of the following meanings?
(a) Having to do with clothing.
(b) Having to do with cotton.
(c) Having to do with pumping.
(d) Having to do with food.

13. For which of the following does Antonio mistake Hope Leslie as she makes her escape from Oneco and others (298)?
(a) Saint Petronilla.
(b) Saint Poma.
(c) Saint Pelagia.
(d) Saint Pulcheria.

14. How, per the novel, is Esther Downing related to Governor Winthrop (187)?
(a) Daughter of his sister.
(b) Daughter of his wife’s sister.
(c) Daughter of his brother.
(d) Daughter of his sister’s husband.

15. How many attempts at escape does Everell make as he is taken away from Bethel towards the Husatonick?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following devices is Jennet summoned in the Winthrop household (233)?

2. What is the harshest name the novel remarks is applied to Winthrop by his contemporaries (198)?

3. In what color bodice does Hope dress for dinner with the Winthrops, Everell, and Gardiner upon the evening of the arrival of the latter two (194)?

4. How many addenda accompany Grafton’s letter to Everell (169)?

5. The comment that “the wing is strengthened by use, and the bird that drops in its first flutterings about the parent nest, may yet soar into the sky” (268) offers an example of which of the following?

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