The Lowest Animal

What is Twain's theory of humanity? 

• People descended from animals 
• Animals descended from people
• People and animals are on the same level
• levelAnimals are more cruel and vicious than people

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To give his theory credence, Twain claims that-- 

• He heard about it from a famous scientist
• He read about it in scientific books and studies
• He drew his conclusions from his own experiments 
• It was created by Charles Darwin

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Twain concludes that English earls are cruel because they--

• like to hunt, but anacondas do not hunt
• eat wild animals while anacondas prefer domesticated animals
• eat far more than they need to survive 
• kill animals for fun rather than for food 

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You can infer from the example of the earl and the anaconda that Twain....

• had never met an English earl
• knew a lot about anacondas
• was a vegetarian 
• was not a supporter of hunting for sport

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What examples does Twain not cite to make his point that humanity is cruel?

• Native Americans have gouged out prisoners' eyes
• King John burned his nephew with a hot iron
• Americans have hanged their neighbors 
• Zealots in the Middle Ages skinned captives alive

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According to Twain, humans are inferior to animals in all of the following ways except

• animals cannot show love, while humans can
• humans wage war 
• humans are intolerant of different religions
• we enslave others of our kind while animals don't 

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The tone of Twain's essay is best described as

• serious 
• bitter
• funny 
• neutral

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Twain's last example demonstrates that--

• we should eliminate all religions if we want to live in peace 
• people  are foolish and intolerant 
• some animals can get along peacefully, while others cannot
• animals need to be tamed before they can live together

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When Twain says, "Man is the Animal that Blushes...or has occasion to," he means that--

• Both and Jackasses both laugh
• animals get embarrassed
• man has reason to be ashamed 
• the animals laugh at man's foolishness

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Twain says that of all the animals, man alone is-- 

• reasonable
• cruel
• noble 
• happy

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