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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 7 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?
(a) Genetic superiority.
(b) Inborn morality.
(c) Access to resources.
(d) Documented history.

2. Which of the following is the birth-name of Faith Leslie?
(a) Mary.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Martha.

3. In what year does William Fletcher emigrate to New England?
(a) 1610.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1630.
(d) 1640.

4. How many times does Digby attempt to refuse to accompany Grafton from Bethel to meet her baggage in Springfield?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Songbirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following serves as Mononotto’s crest?

2. Which of Lydia Maria Child’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?

3. The comment that “the little girl received it from him as passively as the young bird takes food from its mother” (127) offers an example of which of the following?

4. How long had Everell been abroad when Hope Leslie writes the reported letter to him in England?

5. The comment that “I have, in vain, attempted to…make her take part with Jennet; but as hopefully might you yoke a deer with an ox” (79) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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