Mark Twain

Answer Key

Question 1 (Worth 7 points)

According to the video, Huck lives with whom at the beginning of the novel?

Miss Wastson and the Widow Douglass

Judge Thatcher and his wife

Pap

Jim

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 2 (Worth 7 points)

The stranger:

steps on Smiley's frog

attaches Smiley's frog to the ground with a hook.

fills his own frog with helium.

fills Smiley's frog with quail shot.

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 3 (Worth 7 points)

Characteristics of the story that link it with the tall-tale tradition are:

skill of the yarn-spinner, extra-ordinary characters, and exaggeration

talking animals, complex plot, and uncomplicated story-teller

allusion to historical events and superhuman characters

colorful language, straitforward narration, and characters capable of human emotion

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 4 (Worth 7 points)

Mark Twain was famous for all of the following except:

bringing humor to the American novel

using his journalistic experience to enhance his writing

using classical allusions

capturing the sounds and rhythm of American speech

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 5 (Worth 7 points)

The humor of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is enhanced by all of the following except:

comic similes

vivid colloquialisms

grammatical errors

irreverence for upperclass culture

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 6 (Worth 7 points)

The video on Huck Finn and Mark Twain refers to the character of Tom Sawyer. Tom is known as the:

adventurous one

innovative one

smart one

witty child

Points earned on this question: 0

Question 7 (Worth 7 points)

Smiley's "fifteen-minute" nag:

usually loses

wins half the time

usually wins

dies of asthma

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 8 (Worth 7 points)

Smiley's weakness is:

gambling

drinking

cursing

training animals

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 9 (Worth 7 points)

Pap is Huck's drunken father who represents:

discrimination and folly

ignorance and hate

juxtaposition and loathing

darkness and decay

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 10 (Worth 7 points)

The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, can be described as all of the following except:

a satire and adventure

a history that still hurts

a novel about gowing up

a sophisticated period piece

Points earned on this question: 7

Question 11 (Worth 5 points)

The line "He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he calk'lated to edercate him" is a good example of Twain's efforts to capture the sound and flavor of oral tradition.

True

False

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 12 (Worth 5 points)

Smiley's frog is named Andrew Jackson.

True

False

Points earned on this question: 0

Question 13 (Worth 5 points)

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an example of a tall tale, a distinctly American genre.

True

False

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 14 (Worth 5 points)

Smiley would bet on anything except cows.

True

False

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 15 (Worth 5 points)

The most notable characteristic of Jim Smiley is gullibility.

True

False

Points earned on this question: 5

Question 16 (Worth 5 points)

To the narrator, Simon Wheeler seems tedious and lacking in a sense of humor.

True

False

Points earned on this question: 5