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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
In "The Mystery of Heroism" which provides the greatest motivation for Collins to get the water?
He wants to help the wounded officer.
He will die of thirst if he does not get a drink soon.
He helps the other men regain their fighting spirit.
He does not want to be teased by the other soldiers.
He wanted to receive the Purple Heart
In "The Mystery of Heroism" which of the following statements about Collins's mission is true.
The captain orders Collins to go.
Collins is taking an unnecessary risk.
The men are depending on Collins.
Collins was afraid before he went on the mission.
Collins wanted to die and was hoping that he would not make it back to his group
The gallant heroism and adventure of romanticism was soon replaced by a more honest, unsentimental style known as what?
Nationalism
Regionalism
Nonfiction
Idealism
Realism
The bleak aftermath of the Civil War was more accurately portrayed by realistic writers _______ and ______.
Stephen Crane and Ambrose Bierce
Jack London and Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson and Ambrose Bierce
Charles Sumner and Stephen Crane
Charles Becker and Dora Tate
Who was the best example of a regional writer during this period?
Mark Twain
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
Frederick Douglas
Henry James
Which of the writers below served as a Colonel in the Union Army?
Trent Reznick
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Frederick Douglas
Stephen Crane
Ambrose Bierce
Who wrote The Red Badge of Courage in 1895?
Tennessee Williams
John Smith
Ambrose Bierce
Stephen Crane
Mark Twain
In "Life on the Mississippi" what did the river represent to the boys in the story?
A gigantic source of potential destruction.
The worst pollution of the time.
A gateway to freedom and adventure.
Proof that God exists.
A place to cool off from the hot summer.
What was Mark Twain's "greatest boyhood dream"?
to be a steamboat captain
to date a Hawaiian girl
to write a best selling novel
to be rich and famous
To die wealthy
The American Realism movement covered the years
before the Revolutionary War
before the war of 1812
before the Civil War
after the Revolutionary War
after the Civil War
In regards to "War is Kind" choose the best objective summary of the main idea of the poem.
The poem discusses why war is kind and uses solid evidence to prove so
The poem is about the kindness of killing a badly wounded man so he is no longer suffering
The poem is about why war is good and people should go enlist in the army because it is patriotic
The poem details why war can be a good thing
The poem is about why this person believes war is not kind and why people should be sad about war
Characters in Realist writing were
Extraordinary people
Ordinary people
Known citizens
Famous people
Otherworldly
What activity opens the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
A southern spy is put on trial.
A man is going to be hanged.
Union soldiers are fixing a bridge.
Troops are laying railroad tracks.
Passengers are embarking on a train ride
In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," why does the federal scout want to burn the bridge?
He wants to help the South win.
He wants to set Farquhar up for a fall.
He wants a job building a new bridge.
He wants to disrespect his commandant.
He wants to replace the current Captain and this will show he is in need of replacement
In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," Farquhar is a gentleman. Why might he be hanged?
for being from the Confederacy
for spying on Union activities
for being a Union spy
for refusing to feed Union soldiers
for planning against the enemy
In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" what is the actual identity of the soldier who visits Peyton's plantation in Part II?
A Federal scout
A fellow plantation owner
A Confederate scout
A runaway slave
A gentleman caller, there to visit his eldest daughter
What is the main function of the flashback in "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
to describe the effects of war on women and children
to show the treacherous nature of Union soldiers
to generate sympathy for the Southern cause
to explain why Peyton Farquhar is being hanged
to showcase the evils of spying
Which of the following authors ran into trouble with the law?
Mark Twain
Stephen Crane
Ambrose Bierce
Henry James
Sarah Orne Jewett
In "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" when the reader finds out Peyton Farquhar is dead from hanging at the end of the story,
it is symbolic of war.
it is an example of situational irony because he seems to have escaped.
it is expected since he had obviously been in the wrong.
it was not a surprise due to all the foreshadowing.
It was dramatic irony because the reader knew the entire time he was dead, but the other characters didn't.
Which Progressive Era leader fought for workers' rights and is best known for writing "The Jungle" that helped change laws to improve food safety?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Robert La Follette
Alice Paul
Upton Sinclair
Ambrose Bierce
Which of the following Acts were a result of the novel, The Jungle?
Interstate Commerce Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Dredd Scott Act
Tinker v Des Moines Act
Journalists who exposed practices of monopolies and big business were also called the _________?
Gump Mushers
Muckrakers
Scalawags
Dirt Diggers
Mud Slingers
In Huck Finn, what happens to Jim and Huck when a steamboat hits their raft?
Jim has a head wound and Huck fears he will die .
Huck has a head wound and Jim fears he will die
They swim to the shore together
They are separated and could not find each other immediately
Jim nearly drowns
In Huck Finn, how does Huck respond to Jim after he had tried to trick him about the incident in the fog?
Huck yells at Jim for ignoring him
Huck thinks it is fun to trick a slave
Huck gives Jim a hug to make up for his poor behavior
Huck fights back as Jim tries to hit him with a big stick
Huck feels great remorse for worrying Jim, then trying to trick him
In Huck Finn, who are the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons?
Feuding families
Southern plantation owners
First cousins
Slave traders
Frauds & Con men
In Huck Finn, what is “satiric” about the sermon topic about brotherly love?
The congregation consisted of only women because the men wouldn’t go to church
Huck didn’t have a brother
The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons would rather shoot one another outside of church
Huck is about to meet his brother
The readers know Emiline's brother is Buck, but she is unaware they are related
In Huck Finn, of the following characters whose speech does the Duke know?
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
Mercutio
Falstaff
In Huck Finn, what is the significance of Sherburn's speech?
He confronts the sense of superiority that the aristocracy possesses.
He confronts the reality of racism in the south.
He confronts the gullibility of women and children.
He confronts the fact that men in the south are more brave than the north.
He confronts the mob mentality of man.
In Huck Finn, who is Jim's daughter?
Polly
Mary Jane
Lizbeth
Joanne
Sarah
In Huck Finn, Jim feels remorseful at the end of chapter 23 as he tells Huck...
That his son passed away many years ago.
That he has beaten his daughter.
That he is unsure of his wife's whereabouts.
He confesses to having stole from Miss Watson.
He has a gambling problem
In Huck Finn, which of the following is NOT a way that Jim has been covered for in the novel?
They dress Jim up as an Arab man.
They print flyers saying that Jim is a captured run away.
Huck says Jim belongs to his family.
Huck says Jim is only partially of African descent
Huck says Jim is sick and he's bringing him to a hospital.
In Huck Finn, what is special about Jim's daughter?
She is ugly
She has a lisp
She is blind
She is extremely intelligent
She is deaf
In Huck Finn, what does the first night's audience do about being conned by the fake play?
encourage the rest of the town to go as well
try to lynch the King and Duke
rush the stage to throw them out
throw rotten eggs and vegetables at them
tar and feather the Duke and King
In chapter 23 of Huck Finn, Huck and Jim have a conversation about what specific King?
Henry VIII
George III
Arthur
Richard III
Louis XIV
In Huck Finn, who does the older of the con men claim to be?
the Dauphin
Charlemagne
Senator George Jackson
Huck's uncle Silas
the Dalai Llama
In Huck Finn, why is Huck's apology to Jim significant?
It shows that Huck can fake it when he needs to.
It shows that Huck is becoming an abolitionist who wants to end slavery.
It shows that Huck recognizes Jim as a person with real feelings.
It shows that Huck was poorly raised and always does the wrong thing.
It shows Huck is willing to help Jim with his secret plan.
In Huck Finn, what does Huck do when he realizes that he can't remember the name that he gave to the Grangerfords the previous night?
He pretends his name is George Frederick Jackson.
He tells them he hit his head when he fell off the steamboat.
He challenges Buck to spell his name.
He pretends that he has a sore throat and can't talk.
He makes up a new name.
In Huck Finn, what did Jim do that further revealed that the King wasn't really royalty?
He asked him about Marie Antoinette.
He asked him about his voyage to America.
He tried to get him to speak French.
He tried to catch him doing something gentlemanly.
He asked how many members of the royal family he knew.
In Huck Finn, who says this? “…deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can’t pray a lie—I found that out….I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I’ll go to hell’—and tore it up.”
Jim
Huck
The Duke
The King
Stephanie Wilks
In the Wilks con, who do the King and Duke pretend to be?
Edmund Keane and David Garrick
Peter and James Wilks
Alexander Blodgett and Adolphus
Harvey and William Wilks
The lawyer for the estate and the coroner
How does Huck feel about the Wilks family con?
ashamed and disgusted
excited and amused
joyous and thrilled
nervous and irritable
intrigued and anxious
In the Wilks con, in Huck Finn, where were the two brothers of the dead man from?
Missouri
Paris, France
Sheffield, England
Manchester, England
Cairo, Egypt
In Huck Finn, there is peace on the raft because Huck learned ___ from ____
How to fish - his grandfather
How to tell stories - Miss Watson
How to avoid confrontations - Pap
How to navigate the river - Jim
How to tell a lie - The King
In Huck Finn, what does the King do immediately after the funeral that upsets Mary Jane and her sisters so much?
He sells the Wilks' slaves, separating family members in the process.
He auctions off the property, at a huge financial loss.
He calls Joanna a "frightful harelip" who will never find a husband.
He takes all of the money and disappears.
He forgets he's their "uncle" and hits on Mary Jane
In Huck Finn, the King is _________________, while the Duke is more _______________.
sensible and patient / gullible
intelligent and cunning / irritable
kind-hearted / selfish
innocent and charming / passionate
greedy and reckless / sensible
In Huck Finn, who said the following quote?
"The idea of YOU lynching anybody! It's amusing. The idea of you thinking you had pluck enough to lynch a MAN! Because you're brave enough to tar and feather poor friendless cast-out women that come along here, did that make you think you had grit enough to lay your hands on a MAN? Why, a MAN'S safe in the hands of ten thousand of your kind--as long as it's daytime and you're not behind him"
Huck Finn
The Duke
Sherburn
Colonel Grangerford
Pap Finn
Select the best definition of Satire.
A style of writing that depicts life realistically.
Claiming to have beliefs that you don't actually put into practice.
Making fun of a person, idea or subject by making it appear foolish in the hopes of exacting a change.
Description of an event does not match with opinions of author.
In Huck Finn, what does the King vow to the members of the Bible meeting that he will do?
Start a mission to convert pirates
Pray for everyone at the meeting
Give up drinking
Give up conning people
Pray for world peace
In Huck Finn, who shoots whom in chapter 21?
Boggs shoots Sherburn
Sherburn shoots Boggs
Buck shoots Harney
Harney shoots Buck
Mary Jane shoots the Duke
In Huck Finn, which of these plays do the King and Duke NOT reenact?
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Richard III
Hamlet
The Tempest
