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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. In what year was the Gunpowder Plot conducted?
(a) 1599.
(b) 1605.
(c) 1611.
(d) 1617.

2. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Law enacted?
(a) 1793.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1807.

4. With which of the following does Karcher assert Rosa is associated (31)?
(a) Guy Lombardo.
(b) Guy Fawkes.
(c) Guy Lafleur.
(d) Guy Fieri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Sedgwick’s brothers first encouraged her to write, per Karcher?

2. In what year does the United States government sign a treaty to “civilize” indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River?

3. In what year did Sedgwick’s paternal family arrive in Massachusetts?

4. In what month does Mononotto attack Bethel?

5. In what year was the Indian Removal Act enacted?

(see the answer key)

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