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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. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.
2. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 3 days.
3. Which of Sedgwick’s brothers first encouraged her to write, per Karcher?
(a) Theodore.
(b) Charles.
(c) Harry.
(d) Robert.
4. 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) Inborn morality.
(c) Genetic superiority.
(d) Documented history.
5. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Winthrop.
(c) Williams.
(d) Fletcher.
Short Answer Questions
1. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?
2. In the context of the novel, the term “congeniality” carries which of the following meanings (53)?
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. In Karcher’s commentary, the term “extralegal” (27) carries which of the following meanings?
5. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Calvinist theology under which Sedgwick was raised (15)?
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. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Unitarianism to which Sedgwick converts (16)?
4. What reasons does Magawisca report her father citing for refusing the pardon of the English after the Pequod War (100)?
5. What does Karcher note as Sedgwick’s refocusing of “the emergent national literature” of her era (12)?
6. What command does Sir William give his brother, and what is that brother’s response? What command does Sir William give his brother, and what is that brother’s response?
7. Why does Karcher relate one early critic as stating that Sedgwick provides for early American women writers (10)?
8. Prior to the attack on Bethel, how does Digby note that Everell and Oneco ridicule Grafton (108)?
9. What prank does Martha Fletcher note in her letter that Everell plays on Grafton?
10. In what way, per Karcher (27), do “‘Friendly’ whites like Hope and Everell” imperil native peoples?
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