Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-30
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- 1.The Duke had to remind the Dauphin that this particular character whom he was going to play in their stage performance " is a dear sweet child and don't bray like a jackass."
- A.
Emmeline Grangerford
- B.
Juliet Capulet
- C.
Sophia Grangerford
- D.
Stepen Dowling Botts
- 2.These three Shakespearian scenes were to be performed in the Duke and Duaphin's act:
- A.
R & J, Richard III, Hamlet
- B.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, R & J, The Tempest
- C.
Othello, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice
- D.
Macbeth, Henry V, The Tempest
- 3."Cler the track thar. I on the wah path, and the price uv coffins is goin' to go up" is said by the drunken man soon to be shot:
- A.
Colonel Grangerford
- B.
Sherburn
- C.
Duke
- D.
Boggs
- 4.The idea of you lynching anyone is amusing...Why a man's safe in the hands of ten thousand of your kind.." is said by the defiant murderer____________________.
- A.
Harney
- B.
Dauphin
- C.
Sherburn
- D.
Boggs
- 5.After their failure to draw a crowd for Shakepeare recitations in their burlesque show following the circus, the Duke and King plan this low humor burlesque called "__________________________."
- A.
The Impossible Dream
- B.
The Royal Nonesuch
- C.
Ivanhoe
- D.
Tom Sawyer
- 6.Jim was sad to recall an incident with his daughter because he recalled this:
- A.
That she had been sold to a plantation in South Carolina
- B.
That she had died in a fire
- C.
She was deaf and he had struck her
- D.
She was blind
- 7.The Duke and Dauphin pretend to be these people:
- A.
Two lawyers from up north
- B.
Two runaway slave hunters from Alabama
- C.
Two politicians hoping to raise campaign money
- D.
Reverend Wilkes from England and his deaf and dumb brother, William
- 8.The Duke and the Dauphin decide to become these two particular imposters from abroad because:
- A.
Of their deep knowledge of Shakespeare and all things English
- B.
They run into a townsperson headed for South America who sees them first off the steamboat
- C.
They had relatives themselves who were with the church and disabled
- D.
Because Huck had told a story with such characters
- 9.This person knew all along that the Duke and Dauphin were frauds:
- A.
Harney Shepardson
- B.
Doc Robinson
- C.
Mr. Lathrop
- D.
Boggs
- 10.Why Huck told Mary Jane not to sad about the auction of the slaves:
- A.
Because slaves are not really humans anyway
- B.
Because they were old and by being sold would get medical examinations
- C.
The sale would be voided because the Duke and Dauphin were not legitimate owners
- D.
The Civil War would free all slaves
- 11.Why the townspeople decided to open the deceased's (diseased) coffin:
- A.
To see if he had been murdered
- B.
Because they possibly buried an imposter and Peter had fled the town
- C.
To see if there was a tattoo on his breast
- D.
Because they knew the gold was there
- 12.The real mute servant could not prove his identity because of this
- A.
He had a broken arm in a sling
- B.
He was being obstinate
- C.
He could not understand English
- D.
He had a seizure
- 13.The lawyer tried to trick the two contenders for the inheritance into revealing their true identies by asking for this:
- A.
Requesting a handwriting sample to compare against old letters
- B.
Inquiring about childhood
- C.
An old coin given by the deceased when they were children
- D.
Blood sample
- 14.Name this great artist of the vast, Romantic landscapes of the emerging American West:
- A.
John C. Calhoun
- B.
Tom Sawyer
- C.
Thomas Cole
- D.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 15.The ant is a clever, even________________creature who lives underground.
- A.
Docile
- B.
Ingenious
- C.
Fraught
- D.
Laggard
- 16.Alexander the Great's army had to ____________over 300 yards of open ground under arrow fire before engaging the enemy
- A.
Visage
- B.
Deduce
- C.
Encumber
- D.
Traverse
- 17.People with blue eyes and blond hair are____________________in Sweden
- A.
Ubiquitous
- B.
Obnoxious
- C.
Fraught
- D.
Inexplicable
- 18.The Mexican desert tribes were no_______________________; they could run 100 miles in 24 hours!
- A.
Inebriates
- B.
Zeniths
- C.
Ingenious
- D.
Laggards
- 19.Mark Twain's daughter, Susan, died of this while he was on tour:
- A.
Gunshot
- B.
Viral menengitis
- C.
Car accident
- D.
Steamboat explosion
- 20.A Haiku is best characterized as:
- A.
A fixed verse, rhymed couplet invention of the French
- B.
A fourteen line poem with the scheme of abba to open
- C.
A short Japanese form with two comparisons and 17 syllables
- D.
A parody where the King comes out nude and striped
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