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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume II, Chapters 9 through 15, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following at Bethel are described as “the first civilized inhabitants of the country, of their tribe” (110)?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Songbirds.

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

3. Which of the following is the “prey” in Magawisca’s comment that “it is such fear as he hath, who, seeing the prey in the eagle’s talons, is loath to hurl his arrow, lest, perchance, it should wound the innocent victim” (351)?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Hope Leslie.
(c) Everell.
(d) Faith Leslie.

4. Hope Leslie’s comment that “if you do not fairly conduct me through its mazes, I shall make use of the clue you have dropped, and find my own way through the labyrinth” (185) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift had Grafton intended to give Esther for her wedding?

2. In what color bodice does Hope dress for dinner with the Winthrops, Everell, and Gardiner upon the evening of the arrival of the latter two (194)?

3. The comment that “Such men, inexperienced in the business of life, are like children” (60) offers an example of which of the following?

4. The term “garrulity” carries which of the following meanings?

5. Which of the following does Grafton note having given to her late husband as an early sign of her favor (275)?

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