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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, per the novel, is Esther Downing related to Governor Winthrop (187)?
(a) Daughter of his wife’s sister.
(b) Daughter of his brother.
(c) Daughter of his sister’s husband.
(d) Daughter of his sister.

2. Hope Leslie’s musing that “I fancy their inquiries will turn out like the experiment of the inquisitive boy, who cut open the drum to find the sound” (151) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allegory.

3. For which of the following does Antonio mistake Hope Leslie as she makes her escape from Oneco and others (298)?
(a) Saint Catharina.
(b) Saint Ursula.
(c) Saint Teresa.
(d) Saint Demetria.

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

5. The word “sylvan” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Swampy.
(b) Barren.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Wooded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Magawisca note will lapse between her graveyard meeting with Hope Leslie and a meeting between Hope and Faith Leslie (243)?

2. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following characters is NOT concerned about Hope Leslie at the beginning of Volume II (227)?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Consider Grafton’s comment that “this unlucky prayer-book is gnawed to mince-meat by the mice, and not another book in the library touched. I longed to commend the instinct of the little beasts, that knew what good food was” (266). What is the irony in her comment?

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

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

6. 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).

7. 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)?

8. What reasons does William Fletcher give for sending Hope Leslie to Boston at the Winthrops’ request?

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

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

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