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

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

3. To what sect does Karcher assert Bertha Grafton belongs?
(a) Puritan.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Episcopalian.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?

2. 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?

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

4. How long does it take William Fletcher to get to Boston from the area of Springfield to retrieve Hope and Faith Leslie?

5. Who guides the English attack against the Pequod village, according to Magawisca (96)?

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