The Lowest Animal

What is the tone of the essay 'The Lowest Animal' as described in the text?

• Critical

• Humorous

• Depressing

• Encouraging

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the main message conveyed by the text regarding human behavior?

• Humans are perfect beings

• Humans are worse than animals in some aspects

• Humans are always rational

• Humans never make mistakes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

How does the text describe the development of human minds over time?

• Predictable

• Simple and straightforward

• Stagnant

• Complicated and cruel

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The author compares an Anaconda to

• An Earl

• a snake

• a child

• a cow

The style of writing used in the Essay is

• Fiction

• Satire

• Biography

• slapstick

The Author of the essay is

• Charles Dickens

• Emily Dickinson

• Mark Twain

• Agatha Christie

One of the tools of good satire is

• Irony

• Exaggeration

• Humor

• All of the above

One example of humans being lower than animals is

• hoarding

• survival

• creativity

• breathing

According to Twain, who is the "religious animal?"

• dolphins

• humans

• ants

• bision

According to the author, humans are the only

• mammals

• thinkers

• slaves

• engineers