Mark Twain
By GiovanniNegron1
Jun 21, 2013
548 Words
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
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