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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. With which of the following does Hope Leslie gift Antonio?
2. How many addenda accompany Grafton’s letter to Everell (169)?
3. Which of the following questions does Gardiner address in his letter to Wilton (251)?
4. The comment that “‘It must be a dumb dog, indeed,’ replied the girl, ‘that cannot bark for such a kind mistress as thou art’” (190) offers an example of which of the following?
5. Where in England does Everell’s uncle Stretton live?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the “Indian riches” in the hut where Magawisca and Faith Leslie are confined after the retreat from Bethel (140)?
2. Consider Grafton’s comment that “this unlucky prayer-book is gnawed to mince-meat by the mice, and not another book in the library touched. I longed to commend the instinct of the little beasts, that knew what good food was” (266). What is the irony in her comment?
3. What justification does the narrator give for the description of “a pilgrim mansion” (197) in the terms used in the novel?
4. What reasons does the narrator give for the Fletchers’ retention of Jennet despite her disagreeable qualities (194)?
5. What sounds reach Hope Leslie atop the mountain at Northampton (153)?
6. What reasons does Gardiner write for preferring Hope Leslie as a potential love interest?
7. What does Gardiner posit as justification for Madam Winthrop inveighing against laughter (265)?
8. What reasons does Digby’s wife give against Hope Leslie going out for a nighttime walk on the island?
9. Summarize Hope Leslie’s reaction to Esther Downing’s comment that “we owe implicit deference to our elders and superiors;—we ought to be guided by their advice, and governed by their authority” (235).
10. How is Pynchon reported to have deduced Hope Leslie’s involvement in Nelema’s escape?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator makes the comment that “we would fix our eyes on the bright halo that encircled the pilgrims’ head; and not mark the dust that sometimes sullied his garments” (sic, 211). Does the novel as a whole endorse taking such a position? What in the text suggests whether it does or not? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Consider Magawisca’s plea in her trial regarding her imprisonment, beginning with “‘Then,’ said Magawisca” and ending with “death or liberty” (352-53); the passage advances the idea that death is preferable to imprisonment. Does the novel support the idea? How so or not?
Essay Topic 3
Karcher notes that “The main imperative of Sedgwick’s era was to create a national literature that differentiated itself from British and European precedents by capitalizing on what made America unique: its landscape, history, folk heroes, regional idiosyncracies [sic], potpourri of races and ethnic groups, and democratic social structure” (12). Does the novel successfully contribute to that imperative? What in the text indicates whether it does or not, and how does it do so?
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