WorksheetsReview/Preview 4/13
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mark Twain was born in ________, Missouri.
a)
Hannibal
b)
St. Petersburg
c)
Florida
d)
St. Louis
2.
Mark Twain is the pen name for __________.
a)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
b)
Ernest Hemmingway
c)
Charles Dickens
d)
John Marshall
3.
Mark Twain's childhood home was located on the ___________River.
a)
Missouri
b)
Mississippi
c)
Ohio
d)
Wabash
4.
Twain quit school and went to work for his brother Orion working in the _______ business.
a)
steamboat
b)
writing
c)
mining
d)
newspaper
5.
When Twain was only 11 his life changed when his _______died.
a)
father
b)
mother
c)
brother
d)
sister
6.
Twain's father was a country lawyer and ran a general store.
Is this sentence written in active or passive voice?
Is this sentence written in active or passive voice?
a)
active
b)
passive
7.
The river was explored by Twain daily.
Is this sentence written in the passive or active voice?
Is this sentence written in the passive or active voice?
a)
active
b)
passive
8.
_____voice indicates that the subject of the sentence is performing the action.
a)
active
b)
passive
9.
_____voice indicates that the subject of the sentence is the recipient of the action.
a)
active
b)
passive
10.
A __________is the imitation of someone else's style for comedic effect.
a)
Farce
b)
Parody
c)
Satire
d)
Irony
11.
A ______is when words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning.
a)
Farce
b)
Parody
c)
Satire
d)
Irony
12.
A ______ makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and/or shortcomings.
a)
Farce
b)
Parody
c)
Satire
d)
Irony
13.
A _______is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and improbable.
a)
Farce
b)
Parody
c)
Satire
d)
Irony
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