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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Oneco.
(b) Magawisca.
(c) Samoset.
(d) Nelema.

3. In Karcher’s commentary, the term “extralegal” (27) carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Outside the law.
(b) Against the law.
(c) In an excess of law.
(d) With additional force of law.

4. Which of the following character types does Karcher claim Cooper brought into American fiction?
(a) The frontiersman.
(b) The SEAL.
(c) The cowboy.
(d) The rebel soldier.

5. Which of the following does Karcher note is “prerequisite to preventing racial strife” (21)?
(a) Recognition of two peoples’ common humanity.
(b) Recognition of two peoples’ shared disdain.
(c) Recognition of two peoples’ distinct practices.
(d) Recognition of two peoples’ mutual enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?

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

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

4. “The only merit claimed by the present writer” in Sedgwick’s preface is which of the following (48)?

5. Which of the following does Karcher cite as historical antecedent for Magawisca (24)?

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