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

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

3. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Fletcher.
(c) Winthrop.
(d) Williams.

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

5. 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) Allegory.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Karcher assert does “not belong in a regenerated nation,” as envisioned by Sedgwick(31)?

2. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?

3. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?

4. The comment that “These letters contain tidings that have opened a long sealed fountain” (sic, 66) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following does Karcher report Sedgwick “develops with the most conviction” as a solution towards interracial tensions (26)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Karcher point out as a major contrast between Sedgwick’s depictions of indigenous / settler violence and her contemporaries’, such as Cooper (21)?

3. Why does Karcher relate one early critic as stating that Sedgwick provides for early American women writers (10)?

4. What does Sedgwick remark would be a gratifying result of reading her novel (49)?

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

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

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

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

9. With what do Everell and Digby entertain themselves while on watch against attack (92)?

10. What justification for revenge is accorded to Mononotto (106)?

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