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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. Which of the following is noted as the “chief of the Mohegans” (249)?
2. Which of the following labels does Mononotto apply to Faith Leslie (249)?
3. Which of the following roles does Digby serve for Governor Wintrhop?
4. With which of the following devices is Jennet summoned in the Winthrop household (233)?
5. With which of the following does Gardiner lodge in Boston (251)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why, per the novel, is the Winthrop household put into disarray by Hope Leslie’s absence at the beginning of Volume II?
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 reasons does Everell give on Digby’s island for thinking that Hope Leslie is enamored of Gardiner?
4. What is Hope Leslie’s reaction to her own placing Esther Downing’s hand into Everell’s and commending them to one another on Digby’s island (270-71)?
5. Explicate the comment from Magawisca that her people “never turned their backs on friends or enemies” (241).
6. What does Gardiner posit as justification for Madam Winthrop inveighing against laughter (265)?
7. What reasons does the narrator give for the Fletchers’ retention of Jennet despite her disagreeable qualities (194)?
8. How does Magawisca disguise herself to meet with Hope Leslie in the graveyard?
9. What sounds reach Hope Leslie atop the mountain at Northampton (153)?
10. What reasons does Gardiner note for betraying Magawisca as Hope Leslie meets with her and her own sister?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Would Hope Leslie be likely to achieve BESTSELLER STATUS in the literary market of today? That is, would people in the United States be likely to buy it in large numbers? What in the text suggests that it would / not? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator remarks that “the rights of innocence were paramount to all other rights” (171). Does the novel as a whole agree with the assertion? What in the text shows the agreement or disagreements? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Consider the assessment that “a danger just escaped, is more fearful than one untried” (294). Is the assessment accurate? What in the text and/or in experience suggests whether it is or not? How does it do so?
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