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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 word “sylvan” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Wooded.
(c) Swampy.
(d) Barren.
2. Hope Leslie’s comment that “‘It is a night,’ she continued, looking up at the bright moon, ‘to make one long to soar—so I will just spread my wings, and leave you to crawl on the earth’” (222) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.
3. How old is Esther Downing when she meets Everell?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.
4. Which of the following is noted as the “chief of the Mohegans” (249)?
(a) Uncas.
(b) Mononotto.
(c) Uriah.
(d) Miantunnomoh.
5. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?
(a) York.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Sussex.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Gardiner comment “that rosebuds, in the vocabulary of flowers, are made to signify” (267)?
2. Which of the following is the vendor who calls upon the Winthrop household before Hope Leslie goes out at night (236)?
3. Which of the following is named as a servant in the Wintrhop household (230)?
4. How long does Magawisca note will lapse between her graveyard meeting with Hope Leslie and a meeting between Hope and Faith Leslie (243)?
5. Which of the following people returns Hope Leslie to the Winthrop household at the beginning of Volume II (227)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Gardiner write for preferring Hope Leslie as a potential love interest?
2. What justification does the narrator give for the description of “a pilgrim mansion” (197) in the terms used in the novel?
3. 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).
4. Why are Winthrop’s indigenous guests offended at the dinner when Everell and Gardiner arrive in Boston?
5. What reasons does Digby’s wife give against Hope Leslie going out for a nighttime walk on the island?
6. How does Magawisca disguise herself to meet with Hope Leslie in the graveyard?
7. Explicate the comment from Magawisca that her people “never turned their backs on friends or enemies” (241).
8. What reasons does Gardiner give for Everell to mistrust his initial identification of Hope Leslie?
9. What sounds reach Hope Leslie atop the mountain at Northampton (153)?
10. What physical signs indicate Esther Downing’s upset after she and Hope Leslie return to the Winthrop residence after the reunion with Everell (186)?
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