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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. Chaddock’s comment that “she made a noise like a creaking mast in a gale” (386) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

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

3. The comment that “In short, she was the petted lamb of the fold” (174) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

4. How long had Everell been abroad when Hope Leslie writes the reported letter to him in England?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Karcher compare Hope Leslie (32)?

2. Magawisca’s remark that she feels fear, “but 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) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following character types does Karcher claim Cooper brought into American fiction?

4. What reaction does Magawisca show to Hope Leslie’s revulsion at the idea of marriage to a member of the indigenous people (241)?

5. 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?

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