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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. With whom is Everett staying in England (161)?
(a) His great-uncle, William.
(b) His friend, John.
(c) His uncle, Stretton.
(d) His cleric, Abner.

2. How long had Everell been abroad when Hope Leslie writes the reported letter to him in England?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. The comment that “There she met Hope Leslie—a bright gay spirit—an allegro to her penseroso” (192) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

4. With which of the following devices is Jennet summoned in the Winthrop household (233)?
(a) Gilded chimes.
(b) Steel triangle.
(c) Silver whistle.
(d) Brass bell.

5. Which of the following characters is NOT concerned about Hope Leslie at the beginning of Volume II (227)?
(a) Jennet.
(b) Gardiner.
(c) Cradock.
(d) Everell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The term “propitious” carries which of the following meanings?

3. Which of the following questions does Gardiner address in his letter to Wilton (251)?

4. Who is king when Gardiner arrives in Boston?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Pynchon reported to have deduced Hope Leslie’s involvement in Nelema’s escape?

3. What is Hope Leslie’s reaction to her own placing Esther Downing’s hand into Everell’s and commending them to one another on Digby’s island (270-71)?

4. What reasons does Digby’s wife give against Hope Leslie going out for a nighttime walk on the island?

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

6. What reasons does Gardiner write for preferring Hope Leslie as a potential love interest?

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

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

9. What reasons does Everell give on Digby’s island for thinking that Hope Leslie is enamored of Gardiner?

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

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