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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. To which Biblical patriarch is Martha Fletcher compared as she accompanies William to the area of Springfield (61)?

2. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?

3. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?

4. Which of the following does Karcher note that Charles Sismondi critiques in the novel (35)?

5. The comment that “A boy’s courage is a keen weapon that wants temper” (89) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. With what do Everell and Digby entertain themselves while on watch against attack (92)?

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

6. How is Bertha Grafton described at her first appearance in the novel (74)?

7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Karcher’s discussion of Sedgwick’s Redwood (17-18), and why is it the primary appeal?

8. 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?

9. Which historical antecedent does Karcher identify for Faith Leslie?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Winthrop’s comment that “private feelings must yield to the public good” (290). Does the novel as a whole agree or disagree with the comment? What text supports that position? How does it support the position?

Essay Topic 2

Digby remarks that “It is one thing to know what danger is, and wish to shun it; and another thing to feel like you, fear-nought lads, that have never felt a twinge of pain, and have scarce a sense of your own mortality” (89). Does the novel agree or disagree with the assertion? What in the text indicates it? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Would Hope Leslie be likely to achieve CRITICAL ACCLAIM in the literary market of today? That is, would literary critics and scholars be likely to approve of the book? What in the text suggests that it would / not? How does it do so?

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