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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of “peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial exchanges of goods and services” (22) between indigenous and settler populations?
(a) Nelema.
(b) Samoset.
(c) Oneco.
(d) Magawisca.

2. The phrase “Daughter of disloyalty and mother of all misrule” (52) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Alliteration.

3. How many, including Mononotto, attack Bethel?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. Which of the following is described as “the apostle of New-England” (52)?
(a) Fletcher.
(b) Williams.
(c) Winthrop.
(d) Eliot.

5. In which of the following parts of England was William Fletcher born?
(a) Kent.
(b) Yorkshire.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Suffolk.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “the panther watching her young is as fearful as a doe” (96) offers an example of which of the following?

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

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

4. To what does Sedgwick ascribe “the difference of character among the various races of the earth” in her preface (49)?

5. Which of the following is the birth-name of Faith Leslie?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way, per Karcher (27), do “‘Friendly’ whites like Hope and Everell” imperil native peoples?

2. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust and intent of the seduction plot, which had been the focus of the American women novelists prior to Sedgwick (12)?

3. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Unitarianism to which Sedgwick converts (16)?

4. What reasons does the novel note for William Fletcher to have “fixed his residence a mile from the village” (62)?

5. What does Sedgwick remark would be a gratifying result of reading her novel (49)?

6. What justification for revenge is accorded to Mononotto (106)?

7. What does Karcher note as Sedgwick’s refocusing of “the emergent national literature” of her era (12)?

8. What reasons does Magawisca report her father citing for refusing the pardon of the English after the Pequod War (100)?

9. What reactions does William Fletcher’s reserved manners prompt from his companions aboard the Arabella, and why, per the narrator (60)?

10. What does Karcher note as the fate of Sedgwick’s mother?

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