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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 1 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Pequod were estimated by the settlers to have been killed in the Pequod War?
(a) 500.
(b) 700.
(c) 400.
(d) 600.

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

3. Magawisca’s comment that “I cannot send back the bird that has mated to its parent nest” (241) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Allegory.

4. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?
(a) Williams.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Fletcher.
(d) Winthrop.

5. Which of the following is the birth-name of Hope Leslie?
(a) Anna.
(b) Avery.
(c) Alice.
(d) Addison.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old is Samoset when he dies?

3. How old is Hope Leslie when she is sent to Boston?

4. In which of the following parts of England was William Fletcher born?

5. The term “sumptuary” has which of the following meanings?

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