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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does Hope inquire first upon reaching Bethel (119)?

2. Which critic does Karcher cite as demonstrating ambiguities about the Puritans in Hope Leslie (29)?

3. In which year does William Fletcher leave Boston to settle in the area of Springfield?

4. Which of the following does Karcher remark created the historical novel as a genre (19)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the metaphor in Digby’s comment that “it’s a bad ware that needs a dark store” (104)

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What prank does Martha Fletcher note in her letter that Everell plays on Grafton?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance accrues to Magawisca’s mother’s assertion that “we can die before our enemies without a groan” (101)? What in the text supports that significance? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Karcher’s comment that “Sedgwick won not only the adulation of her female successors but the respect of her male peers[sic]” (10)? What in the text and in experience indicates that significance? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, the Puritans are described as seeking and loving liberty, often in negative terms. What understand of their liberty does the novel advance? What in the text indicates that understanding? How does it do so?

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