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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Documented history.
(c) Inborn morality.
(d) Genetic superiority.

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

3. Which of the following refers to Sedgwick’s native social group?
(a) The Lords of the Realm.
(b) The River Rats.
(c) The River Gods.
(d) The Boston Brahmins.

4. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?
(a) Hope Leslie.
(b) Bertha Grafton.
(c) Faith Leslie.
(d) Esther Downing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?

3. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?

4. Which of Sedgwick’s writings was erroneously attributed to James Fenimore Cooper?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Bertha Grafton described at her first appearance in the novel (74)?

2. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust and intent of the seduction plot, which had been the focus of the American women novelists prior to Sedgwick (12)?

3. Explain the metaphor in Digby’s comment that “it’s a bad ware that needs a dark store” (104)

4. What reactions does William Fletcher’s reserved manners prompt from his companions aboard the Arabella, and why, per the narrator (60)?

5. What does Karcher note as the fate of Sedgwick’s mother?

6. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Karcher’s discussion of Sedgwick’s Redwood (17-18), and why is it the primary appeal?

7. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Calvinist theology under which Sedgwick was raised (15)?

8. What prank does Martha Fletcher note in her letter that Everell plays on Grafton?

9. Prior to the attack on Bethel, how does Digby note that Everell and Oneco ridicule Grafton (108)?

10. What does Sir William charge his nephew to do to be able to marry Alice?

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