What is the proper citation for the following quote, taken from Huckleberry Finn page 13?
"it had all the marking of Sunday school"
(Twain 13).
100
What phrase does Winthrop use to suggest that America is the model for all nations to imitate?
A city on a hill
100
In 1730, Franklin established which institution in Philadelphia?
a) a bookstore
b) a public library
c) a publishing house
d) a public school
b) a public library
100
Where did Harriet Jacobs hide from Dr. Flint in her attempt to escape from him?
In her grandmother's attic
100
Why does Pap return and make contact with Huck?
He wants Huck's money
200
Which of the following characters from Huck Finn can best be described as a philanthropist?
a) Pap
b) the Duke
c) The Widow Douglass
d) Colonel Sherbourne
c) The Widow Douglass
200
Winthrop's essay provides guidelines for:
a) sharing resources and lending money
b) tending lifestock
c) administering capital punishment
d) caring for children
a) sharing resources and lending money
200
One of the most substantive changes that Congress made to Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Indendence was to:
a) remove his denunciation of the slave trade
b) replace the word "Deity" with "God"
c) add a section articulating a position on women's rights
d) remove references to Native Americans as "savages"
a) remove his denunciation of the slave trade
200
Why does Douglass have no knowledge of his birth date?
a) a fire destroyed the records
b) his mother died when he was very young
c) slave owners kept their slaves ignorant of their birth dates
d) he left his personal records behind when he escaped
c) slave owners kept their slaves ignorant of their birth dates
200
What secret does Jim keep from Huck until the end of the novel?
The information that Pap is dead
300
Mark Twain _________________ racism in his novel.
a) denounces
b) belies
c) exalts
d) precludes
a) denounces
300
When describing the ideal Christian community, Winthrop makes extensive use of which metaphor?
a) a tree
b) a musical orchestra
c) a machine
d) a human body
d) a human body
300
Apess quotes extensively from:
a) Native American folklore
b) The Bible
c) the Constituion
d) the Declaration of Independence
b) The Bible
300
Who is the father of Jacobs' children?
a) Dr. Flint
b) Her lover, a free black man
c) An unnamed slave of Dr. Flint
d) Mr. Sands, a white, unmarried gentleman
d) Mr. Sands, a white, unmarried gentleman
300
According to Buck Grangerford, how did the feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons begin?
He doesn't know
400
The duke and the dauphin are quite _______________; they ________________ many creative ways to con people out of their money.
a) innocuous...indict
b) precocious...disclose
c) ingenious...devise
d) fallacious...deride
c) ingenious...devise
400
According to Edwards, why hasn't God killed us all already?
a) God is merciful and patient
b) we haven't sinned enough yet
c) God has a particular date in mind for each of us
d) God is waiting for some sign that we believe in Jesus
c) God has a particular date in mind for each of us
400
According to Apess, Indians are subjugated for all the following reasons except:
a) the white people refuse to convert them to Christianity
b) the white people provide them with liquor
c) they are uneducated
d) the men go off to war and trade, leaving the women vulnerable
a) the white people refuse to convert them to Christianity
400
According to Douglass, what is the reason for Sophia Auld's tranformation for the worse?
a) she becomes lazy when Douglass is around to do the work
b) she becomes cruel with the irresponsible power of owning another person
c) she begins drinking
d) she is jealous that Douglass is becoming smarter than her son, Thomas
b) she becomes cruel with the irresponsible power of owning another person
400
What is the climax of the novel?
When Huck decides "to go to hell" and save Jim from slavery
500
What term means "to use an indirect or vague term as a substutite for a harsh, blunt or offensive one"?
Euphemism
500
Edward's purpose in giving this sermon is to:
a) prepare us for what is coming
b) convince us to escape God's wrath by journeying to America
c) awaken us to our peril so that we can achieve conversion
d) inform us of the best ways to avoid sin
c) awaken us to our peril so that we can achieve conversion
500
Apess seems to be addressing which audience?
a) Native Americans
b) African Americans
c) Sympathetic White people
d) Prejudiced White people
d) Prejudiced White people
500
What is Harriet Jacob's pseudonym in her writing?
a) Margaret
b) Linda
c) Susan
d) Phyllis
b) Linda
500
Huck and Jim share all of the following qualities except:
a) belief in superstition
b) loyalty to friends
c) enjoyment of playing practice jokes on people
d) sharp survival skills