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First Quarter Important Info
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Literature
12th Grade
09/25/2013

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Term
What was Mark Twain's real name?
Definition
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Term
When did Mark Twain live?
Definition
1835-1910
Term
When was Mark Twain born?
Definition
1835
Term
When did Mark Twain die?
Definition
1910
Term
Where was Mark Twain born?
Definition
Florida, MO
Term
Name some of Twain's novels
Definition
-- Tom Sawyer
-- Huck Finn
-- The Innocents Abroad
-- Roughing It
-- The Gilded Age
-- Sketches: New and Old
-- A Tramp Abroad
-- The Prince and the Pauper
-- Life on the Mississippi
and others
Term
What is the name of the island on which Huck discovers Jim?
Definition
Jackson's Island
Term
Jackson's Island is between which two states?
Definition
Missouri and Illinois
Term
Does Huck value religion or superstition more?
Definition
superstition
Term
What is the name of the sunken riverboat Huck and Jim encounter?
Definition
The Walter Scott
Term
Huck and Jim blame much of their bad luck (passing Cairo, losing the canoes, and the smashed raft) on what?
Definition
the snake skin they found earlier
Term
What is the name of the deceased poet girl?
Definition
Emmeline Grangerford
Term
The feud in which Huck gets involved is between which two families?
Definition
the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons
Term
Who do the con artists that Huck and Jim pick up pretend to be?
Definition
the Duke of Bridgewater and King Louis XVII (the Duke and the King)
Term
What play do the con artists endeavor to perform?
Definition
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet's soliloquy
Term
Why does Huck choose not to turn Jim in to the authorities?
Definition
-- it would be a crime to betray his friend
-- Jim really cares for him
Huck makes the decision based on his conscience, not his reason or social norms
Term
What names did the con artists use in order to finangle a rich inheritance?
Definition
Harvey and William Wilks
Term
Where does Huck hide the money he takes from the Duke and the King (who took it from the Wilkses)?
Definition
in Peter Wilks' coffin
Term
When the con artists are being tested for authenticity, why do the townsfolk dig up Peter Wilks?
Definition
to see if he has a tattoo
Term
To whom does the King sell Jim?
Definition
Silas Phelphs (Tom Sawyer's uncle)
Term
For whom does Aunt Sally mistake Huck?
Definition
Tom Sawyer
Term
What happens to the King and the Duke in the last town they conned?
Definition
They're tarred and feathered and paraded through the streets.
Term
How do Huck and Tom plan to free Jim from the Phelpses?
Definition
digging a hole into his shed
Term
Where does Tom get shot during the break for freedom?
Definition
in the leg (calf)
Term
What happens to Huck at the end of the novel?
Definition
he's adopted by Aunt Sally
Term
When did Charles Dickens live?
Definition
1812-1870
Term
When was Charles Dickens born?
Definition
1812
Term
When did Charles Dickens die?
Definition
1870
Term
What two works launched Charles Dickens' career as a writer?
Definition
-- Sketches by Boz
-- The Pickwick Papers
Term
Which of Dickens' novels is incomplete?
Definition
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Term
In what year does A Tale of Two Cities begin?
Definition
1775
Term
What metaphor is used to describe death?
Definition
the Farmer
Term
What metaphor is used to describe fate?
Definition
the Woodsman
Term
In Mr. Lorry's dream, how long have the people been buried?
Definition
18 years
Term
In what suburb of Paris is the wine shop located?
Definition
St. Antoine
Term
What was Mr. Manette doing when Mr. Lorry and Lucie came to release him?
Definition
making shoes
Term
"I hope you care to be recalled to life?"
(give the reply)
Definition
"I can't say"
Term
What does Mr. Cruncher forbid his wife to do?
Definition

pray (flop)

Term
Of what is Charles Darnay being accused?
(England)
Definition
treason
Term
What is Miss Pross' pet name for Miss Manette
Definition
Lady Bird
Term
After Darnay's meeting with Doctor Manette concerning the former's love for Miss Manette, how did the Doctor employ himself?
Definition
he began to make shoes
Term
Who all attends the wedding of Miss Manette and Charles Darnay? (other than the celebrant)
Definition
-- Doctor Manette -- Miss Pross -- Mr. Lorry
Term
What is the name of the spy who visited the Defarges?
Definition
John Barsad
Term
What does Mr. Lorry say was the cause of his mental attack?
Definition
"a train of memories"
Term
In what year does the French Revolution take place?
Definition
1789
Term
For whom does Darnay return to France?
Definition
Gabelle
Term
Why is Darnay imprisoned?
(France)
Definition
for being an "emigrante"
Term
What is the name of the lady who constantly accompanies Mde. Defarge?
Definition
The Vengeance
Term
While imprisoned, at what time could Darnay hope to see his wife?
Definition
3:00pm
Term
What is Solomon Pross' other name?
Definition
John Barsad
Term
What is John Barsad's other name?
Definition
Solomon Pross
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