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

2. The comment that “In short, she was the petted lamb of the fold” (174) offers an example of which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following people returns Hope Leslie to the Winthrop household at the beginning of Volume II (227)?

5. Which of the following roles does Digby serve for Governor Wintrhop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the “Indian riches” in the hut where Magawisca and Faith Leslie are confined after the retreat from Bethel (140)?

2. What trees grow on the hill to which Mononotto takes Everell to be sacrificed?

3. What reasons does Gardiner note for betraying Magawisca as Hope Leslie meets with her and her own sister?

4. What physical signs indicate Esther Downing’s upset after she and Hope Leslie return to the Winthrop residence after the reunion with Everell (186)?

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

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

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

8. 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).

9. Whom does the narrator remark meet on equal footing in Sabbath services (213)?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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