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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 the context of the novel, the term “congeniality” carries which of the following meanings (53)?
(a) Rebellion and misrule.
(b) Affection and love.
(c) Duty and diligence.
(d) Obedience and submission.

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

3. Which of the following is the title of the 1790 essay by Murray that Karcher cites (20)?
(a) “On the Inequality of the Sexes.”
(b) “On the Equality of the Races.”
(c) “On the Equality of the Sexes.”
(d) “On the Inequality of the Races.”

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

5. Which of the following does Karcher assert does “not belong in a regenerated nation,” as envisioned by Sedgwick(31)?
(a) Unitarians.
(b) Episcopalians.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Catholics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Pynchon assign to follow Digby in pursuit of the attackers of Bethel (118)?

2. In what year, per Karcher (16), does Sedgwick convert to Unitarianism?

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

4. The comment that “A boy’s courage is a keen weapon that wants temper” (89) offers an example of which of the following?

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

(see the answer key)

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