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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume I, Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Songbirds.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Chickens.

2. Which author does Karcher quote as calling Sedgwick “our most truthful novelist” (10)?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) William Cullen Bryant.

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

4. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

5. Which of the following does Karcher remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?
(a) Failure to cultivate affections.
(b) Failure to cultivate the land.
(c) Failure to cultivate the arts.
(d) Failure to cultivate literacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what sect does Karcher assert Bertha Grafton belongs?

2. In what year was Sedgwick first published?

3. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?

4. Which of the following does Karcher note that Lucy Aikin critiques in the novel (36)?

5. To what city were the Pequod captives taken?

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