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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 “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

2. Which of Sedgwick’s brothers first encouraged her to write, per Karcher?
(a) Robert.
(b) Harry.
(c) Theodore.
(d) Charles.

3. The comment that “the little girl received it from him as passively as the young bird takes food from its mother” (127) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

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

5. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of “peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial exchanges of goods and services” (22) between indigenous and settler populations?
(a) Magawisca.
(b) Samoset.
(c) Nelema.
(d) Oneco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is given to William Fletcher’s estate outside Springfield?

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

3. The comment that “A boy’s courage is a keen weapon that wants temper” (89) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?

5. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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