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

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

3. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?
(a) Boston.
(b) Salem.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Springfield.

4. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans.
(b) The Frugal Housewife.
(c) The Mothers Book.
(d) Hobomok.

5. Which of the following character types does Karcher claim Cooper brought into American fiction?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) The frontiersman.
(c) The SEAL.
(d) The rebel soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?

2. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?

3. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

4. Which of the following serves as Mononotto’s crest?

5. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Unitarianism to which Sedgwick converts (16)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Mononotto note he is pleased to take Everell captive?

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