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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 remark was a major reason settlers gave for dispossessing Native Americans in what is now New England (30)?
(a) Failure to cultivate the arts.
(b) Failure to cultivate the land.
(c) Failure to cultivate literacy.
(d) Failure to cultivate affections.

2. Which of the following does Karcher note that Charles Sismondi critiques in the novel (35)?
(a) Depiction of women.
(b) Depiction of Europeans.
(c) Depiction of Native Americans.
(d) Depiction of Puritans.

3. 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) Oneco.
(b) Samoset.
(c) Nelema.
(d) Magawisca.

4. From which port does William purpose to leave for New England before he breaks ties with his uncle?
(a) Southampton.
(b) London.
(c) Felixstowe.
(d) Liverpool.

5. In what year was Sedgwick born?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The phrase “Daughter of disloyalty and mother of all misrule” (52) offers examples of which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following does Karcher note typifies Sedgwick’s notion of marriage between indigenous and settler populations (23)?

5. The comment that “I have, in vain, attempted to…make her take part with Jennet; but as hopefully might you yoke a deer with an ox” (79) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what do Everell and Digby entertain themselves while on watch against attack (92)?

2. Which historical antecedent does Karcher identify for Faith Leslie?

3. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Karcher’s discussion of Sedgwick’s Redwood (17-18), and why is it the primary appeal?

4. How is Bertha Grafton described at her first appearance in the novel (74)?

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

6. What does Karcher identify as the primary thrust of the Calvinist theology under which Sedgwick was raised (15)?

7. What does Karcher point out as a major contrast between Sedgwick’s depictions of indigenous / settler violence and her contemporaries’, such as Cooper (21)?

8. Why does Mononotto note he is pleased to take Everell captive?

9. 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)?

10. What command does Sir William give his brother, and what is that brother’s response? What command does Sir William give his brother, and what is that brother’s response?

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