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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 wing is strengthened by use, and the bird that drops in its first flutterings about the parent nest, may yet soar into the sky” (268) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

2. The term “propitious” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Engaged.
(b) Unfavorable.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Favorable.

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

4. Which of the following characters accompanies Faith Leslie to her meeting with Hope?
(a) Sassacus.
(b) Everell.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Oneco.

5. Who is the first to come upon Hope Leslie after she flees Esther and Everell on Digby’s island (271)?
(a) Digby.
(b) Gardiner.
(c) Everell.
(d) Esther.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Hope Leslie lay in a comatose fever after her escape from Oneco and restoration to Boston?

2. At approximately what time do Puritan Sabbath services end in the novel?

3. With which of the following devices is Jennet summoned in the Winthrop household (233)?

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

5. Which of the following is in Hope Leslie’s painting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Magawisca disguise herself to meet with Hope Leslie in the graveyard?

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

4. What reasons does Gardiner give for Everell to mistrust his initial identification of Hope Leslie?

5. What trees grow on the hill to which Mononotto takes Everell to be sacrificed?

6. Whom does the narrator remark meet on equal footing in Sabbath services (213)?

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 sounds reach Hope Leslie atop the mountain at Northampton (153)?

10. What reasons does the narrator give for the Fletchers’ retention of Jennet despite her disagreeable qualities (194)?

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