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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 “In short, she was the petted lamb of the fold” (174) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

2. What does the novel note was the indigenous name of what became the Boston area (181)?
(a) Snipatuit.
(b) Siasconset.
(c) Shawmut.
(d) Scituate.

3. What does Gardiner comment “that rosebuds, in the vocabulary of flowers, are made to signify” (267)?
(a) Platonic affection.
(b) Lack of affection.
(c) Romantic affection.
(d) Familial affection.

4. The term “garrulity” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Talking just enough.
(b) Talking not at all.
(c) Talking too much.
(d) Talking too little.

5. With which of the following does Gardiner lodge in Boston (251)?
(a) William Hubbard.
(b) Daniel Maud.
(c) Thomas Cotton.
(d) John Winthrop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Magawisca doing when Hope Leslie first meets her in the graveyard?

2. Which of the following ships does Craddock note brought supplies to Boston at a time of deprivation rehearsed at the dinner during which Winthrop welcomes Everell and Gardiner to Boston?

3. Which of the following is the vendor selling who calls upon the Winthrop household before Hope Leslie goes out at night (236)?

4. The identification of “a cause that certainly had no tendency to render the effect agreeable to him” (268) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Magawisca’s comment that “I cannot send back the bird that has mated to its parent nest” (241) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Hope Leslie’s reaction to Esther Downing’s comment that “we owe implicit deference to our elders and superiors;—we ought to be guided by their advice, and governed by their authority” (235).

2. What justification does the narrator give for the description of “a pilgrim mansion” (197) in the terms used in the novel?

3. What physical signs indicate Esther Downing’s upset after she and Hope Leslie return to the Winthrop residence after the reunion with Everell (186)?

4. What activities does the narrator remark typify a Puritan Saturday evening (212)?

5. Why, per the novel, is the Winthrop household put into disarray by Hope Leslie’s absence at the beginning of Volume II?

6. Why are Winthrop’s indigenous guests offended at the dinner when Everell and Gardiner arrive in Boston?

7. What does Gardiner posit as justification for Madam Winthrop inveighing against laughter (265)?

8. What are the “Indian riches” in the hut where Magawisca and Faith Leslie are confined after the retreat from Bethel (140)?

9. What reasons does Gardiner write for rejecting Esther Downing as a potential love interest?

10. Explicate the comment from Magawisca that her people “never turned their backs on friends or enemies” (241).

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