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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. Who has been writing to John Winthrop in an attempt to get what might be due to Joan from her late father's holdings in Barbados as well as to contest the paper signed by Robert Feake granting his property to Bess and Will?

2. What happens when Will tells Bess about the governor's answer?

3. Bess delivers her fourth child, a son, and names him ____________.

4. What has happened to Anne Hutchinson?

5. What do the Feakes and Patricks purchase from Telaka's father, Mianos?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Telaka prove her loyalty to Bess in Chapter 16?

2. What is the symbolism of Bess' new home in Watertown?

3. How does Bess meet up again with Will Hallet?

4. What are some of the underlying reasons for the witchcraft hysteria running rampant in the colony?

5. What would make the villagers accuse Bess of being a witch?

6. What happens when Will and Bess return to New Amsterdam in Chapter 23?

7. What is the final symbolic representation of Bess' marriage to Robert?

8. What does Will discover when he visits Watertown one day?

9. Under what conditions is Bess' divorce from Robert granted?

10. What surprising statement does the harsh John Winthrop make just prior to his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the irony of John Winthrop's restrictive religious views in the New World. People had fled England for the New World in order to escape religious persecution. Why do religious issues follow them in the person of John Winthrop? What lessons are they being taught? Do you think God wants them to suffer even more for what they believe? Does all religion come at a price?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Telaka exhibit such loyalty toward Bess? Telaka had several reasons for betraying Bess and her family yet she does not. Explain her motives. Do you find it ironic that the "savage" Telaka exhibits more kindness and loyalty to Bess than does her own uncle, "the civilized" John Winthrop? Explain why Bess finds her ultimate peace and serenity in the company of Telaka and not from any sermon of John Winthrop's.

Essay Topic 3

Explain John Winthrop's position regarding the deaths of Daniel Patrick and Anne Hutchinson. Is it ironic that such a religious man could validate the deaths of these two people? What is his reasoning behind his position? Do you think that instills fear or comfort in the others in the colony?

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