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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does William Fletcher emigrate to New England?

2. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

3. Which critic does Karcher cite as demonstrating ambiguities about the Puritans in Hope Leslie (29)?

4. Which of the following does Karcher assert does “not belong in a regenerated nation,” as envisioned by Sedgwick(31)?

5. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Karcher relate one early critic as stating that Sedgwick provides for early American women writers (10)?

2. What justification for revenge is accorded to Mononotto (106)?

3. In what way, per Karcher (27), do “‘Friendly’ whites like Hope and Everell” imperil native peoples?

4. What command does Sir William give his brother, and what is that brother’s response? What command does Sir William give his brother, and what is that brother’s response?

5. What does Karcher note as the fate of Sedgwick’s mother?

6. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Unitarianism to which Sedgwick converts (16)?

7. Why does Mononotto note he is pleased to take Everell captive?

8. Explain the metaphor in Digby’s comment that “it’s a bad ware that needs a dark store” (104)

9. What prank does Martha Fletcher note in her letter that Everell plays on Grafton?

10. What reasons does Magawisca report her father citing for refusing the pardon of the English after the Pequod War (100)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, the Puritans are described as seeking and loving liberty, often in negative terms. What understand of their liberty does the novel advance? What in the text indicates that understanding? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider Magawisca’s plea in her trial regarding her imprisonment, beginning with “‘Then,’ said Magawisca” and ending with “death or liberty” (352-53); the passage advances the idea that death is preferable to imprisonment. Does the novel support the idea? How so or not?

Essay Topic 3

Would Hope Leslie be likely to achieve BESTSELLER STATUS in the literary market of today? That is, would people in the United States be likely to buy it in large numbers? What in the text suggests that it would / not? How does it do so?

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