Introduction To To Kill A Mockingbird

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This quiz is aimed to assess your knowledge and understanding of the TKAM pre-reading notes we dicussed in class. This information will prove essentially important when reading the novel, hence the need for this quiz!

Questions and Answers

1.

Booker T. Washington warned against the negative effects of lynching for several reasons. Why did he say was the danger of "disregarding the law" against lyching?
- A.
  
  More people would be lunched.
- B.
  
  People would become immune to violence and lynch Whites.
- C.
  
  People would stop following all laws.
- D.
  
  It is a horrific and inhumane act to lynch a person.
Correct Answer
B. People would become immune to violence and lynch Whites.
2.

What point does Wells make about the history of Blacks in America?
- A.
  
  Black history in American began with slavery.
- B.
  
  There is no black history in America.
- C.
  
  Blacks have been lynched throughout all recorded history.
- D.
  
  Black history in American began with Reconstruction.
Correct Answer
D. Black history in American began with Reconstruction.
3.

Why were Jim Crow laws created?
- A.
  
  To covertly discriminate against Blacks
- B.
  
  To prevent Blacks from voting
- C.
  
  To make Whites superior
- D.
  
  To help make Blacks equal
Correct Answer
A. To covertly discriminate against Blacks
4.

How has Lee's childhood home affect the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
- A.
  
  The setting is her childhood home.
- B.
  
  Harper's novel is a biography.
- C.
  
  She based the setting of the novel around her childhood home.
- D.
  
  She described events from her childhood in the novel.
Correct Answer
C. She based the setting of the novel around her childhood home.
5.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of both Harper's life and To Kill a Mockingbird?
- A.
  
  Describe a trial
- B.
  
  Raised with a sibling
- C.
  
  Set in the North
- D.
  
  Had childhood friends
Correct Answer
C. Set in the North

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Introduction To To Kill A Mockingbird

Booker T. Washington warned against the negative effects of lynching for several reasons. Why did he say was the danger of "disregarding the law" against lyching?

What point does Wells make about the history of Blacks in America?

Why were Jim Crow laws created?

How has Lee's childhood home affect the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of both Harper's life and To Kill a Mockingbird?