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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 does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?
(a) Nanye-hi.
(b) Pocahontas.
(c) Lozen.
(d) Sacagawea.

2. 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 literacy.
(b) Failure to cultivate the arts.
(c) Failure to cultivate the land.
(d) Failure to cultivate affections.

3. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?
(a) Rigorous editing for style and content.
(b) Extravagant departure from inherited norms.
(c) Scrupulous adherence to historical documentation.
(d) Detailed review of available materials.

4. Which of Maria Cummins’s novels was inspired by Sedgwick, per Karcher (10)?
(a) Around Mull.
(b) El Furiedis.
(c) The Lamplighter.
(d) Mabel Vaughan.

5. The comment that “A boy’s courage is a keen weapon that wants temper” (89) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Everell injure at Bethel?

2. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?

3. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “its minstrels” (110)?

4. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of “peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial exchanges of goods and services” (22) between indigenous and settler populations?

5. With which of the following does Karcher assert Rosa is associated (31)?

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