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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for believing that Americans have trouble understanding their own national character?
(a) Americans do not like to admit that they have origins and a history.
(b) Americans do not have any character left, only emptiness.
(c) Americans think that all Americans are Native Americans.
(d) Americans only like to think about the future.

2. What event in Poe's life trapped him in his poetry?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The end of the war.
(c) The destruction of his home.
(d) The birth of his child.

3. What characteristic does Boone have to have in order to live the kind of life that he lived?
(a) An appreciation for solitude.
(b) Drive to develop land for investment purposes.
(c) Desire to earn money.
(d) Lack of concern for his own safety.

4. What does Williams admire about Poe's choice of words?
(a) Poe's words carry shades of other meanings that come from their usage elsewhere.
(b) Poe's words are not associated with anything else but thoughts and ideas.
(c) Poe's words can be recognized out of context because they are so original.
(d) Poe's words are beautiful to listen to if you read them out loud.

5. What happens to Pere Rasles?
(a) He is killed by enemies of the Abnaki.
(b) He is killed by the Abnaki.
(c) He is assassinated by the English.
(d) He dies peacefully of old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say that Puritans viewed the Indian?

2. What does Williams say that Lincoln finds no relief from?

3. What area does Boone discover, along with his brother, just before the American Revolution?

4. Who does the narrator say was the only American ever to see General Washington in a towering rage?

5. What part of Poe's reputation does Williams say is undeserved?

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