Ch 1 test ( Twaine-Harte)

Question 1

______________ was born in florida and moved to Hannibal where he spent most of his childhood.

Answer 1

Mark Twaine

Question 2

When did Marks father die?

Answer 2

1847

Question 3

How old was Mark when his father died?

Answer 3

11

Question 4

____________ started out writing newspapers.

Answer 4

Mark Twaine

Question 5

____________ spent the first part of his life as a bachelor who lived a adventurous life.

Answer 5

Mark Twaine

Question 6

In Mark Twaines thirties he lived in ____________ and in ______________.

Answer 6

east Virginia city , West San Francisco

Question 7

Mark Twaine fell in love with _________________ in his thirties.

Answer 7

Olivia Langdon

Question 8

Mark and Olivia got married and had a son who died at ________ months old.

Answer 8

19

Question 9

Where did Mark build a home?

Answer 9

Connecticut

Question 10

In __________ Mark Twaines house went into bankruptcy and is now a museum.

Answer 10

1894

Question 11

What year did Twaines daughter die?

Answer 11

1896 and 1909

Question 12

When did Twaines wife die?

Answer 12

1904

Question 13

When did Mark Twaine die?

Answer 13

April 21, 1910

Question 14

Why and where did Twaine die?

Answer 14

Heart attack , Redding Connecticut

Question 15

Who is the narrator in The Notorious Frog?

Answer 15

A “gentleman” who hears a story about Smiley–as told to him by Wheeler.

Question 16

What is the Irony in The Notorious Frog?

Answer 16

Wheeler supposed to be “notorious” for his long-winded stories–but T gets last laugh and repeats episode verbatim, making fun of Wheeler

Question 17

What makes The Notorious Frog story funny?

Answer 17

The storyteller– his attention to detail–more so, even, than the tale itself

Question 18

____________ is the customs, manner of speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character.

Answer 18

Local color

Question 19

How is frontier talking a epresentative of local color?

Answer 19

Wheeler is a character type, narrator serves as mediator, and plot and emphasises more on character than on plot

Question 20

Who is the narrator on Life on the Mississippi?

Answer 20

Mark Twaine

Question 21

Who is the narrator on Frescoes of the Past?

Answer 21

Huck

Question 22

What is Hucks situation?

Answer 22

He climbed on a raft to see where he truly is

Question 23

What was a tale that Huck heard boarding the raft?

Answer 23

His pap dies

Question 24

Why would Twaine use Huck hearing tales in the story?

Answer 24

To ridicule the men

Question 25

______________ is a literary technique that denotes a particular kind of subject matter, especially the representation of middle-class life

Answer 25

Realism

Question 26

______________ is consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a homogeneous population

Answer 26

Regionalism

Question 27

_____________ was born March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920

Answer 27

William Dean Howells

Question 28

__________ was born in Ohio and was considered child prodigy.

Answer 28

William Dean Howells

Question 29

In 1869, ___________ first met Mark Twain, which began a longtime friendship.

Answer 29

William Dean Howells

Question 30

___________ married Eleanor Mead in 1862.

Answer 30

William Dean Howells

Question 31

___________ was known for the father of realism.

Answer 31

William Dean Howells

Question 32

What was William Dean Howells most well known Novel?

Answer 32

The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885)

Question 33

What’s the nature of the relationship between George and Editha?

Answer 33

Editha was more masculine then George

Question 34

What tactics does Editha use to make George believe as she does about war?

Answer 34

Being manipulative

Question 35

What profession did George wish to follow before becoming a lawyer?

Answer 35

Ministering

Question 36

What does Edithas throaty voice suggest about her appeal for George?

Answer 36

Masculine

Question 37

What is the purpose of Edithas letter?

Answer 37

To show how serious she is

Question 38

How does George mom greet Editha?

Answer 38

Note their confrontation

Question 39

__________ was born in 1836 in Albany New York.

Answer 39

Francis Brett Harte

Question 40

_____________ father died in the mid 1840’s and mother remarried and moved West to California

Answer 40

Francis Brett Harte

Question 41

Throughout ______________ life, he worked as school teacher, drug store clerk, express messenger, typesetter, journalist, editor, and wrote poetry, sketches, novels, and a play

Answer 41

Francis Brett Harte

Question 42

_______________ married Anne Griswold in 1862

Answer 42

Francis Brett Harte

Question 43

In 1878 Francis Brett Harte moved to ____________.

Answer 43

Germany

Question 44

Francis Brett Harte died in ___________ on _____________.

Answer 44

London, 1902

Question 45

Francis Brett Harte's first poem was published at ___________ years old.

Answer 45

11

Question 46

Why do the outcasts leave Poker Flat?

Answer 46

They're forced to

Question 47

The Duchess?

Answer 47

a Prostitute

Question 48

Mother Shipton?

Answer 48

a Prostitute

Question 49

Uncle Billy?

Answer 49

the drunken man that steals the horses and rides in the woods

Question 50

Why do the outcasts stop half way to Sandy Bar?

Answer 50

Too hide from the blizzard

Question 51

Tom simpson?

Answer 51

Young man who leaves town and joins Oakhurst and the other outcasts

Question 52

Piney Woods?

Answer 52

Virgin 15 year old girl

Question 53

How are Piney woods and Tom Simpson different from others?

Answer 53

Piney doesn't judge anybody

Question 54

Why do the Duchess and Mother Shipton keep their true occupations and personalities from Piney?

Answer 54

So she won't know that they're prostitutes

Question 55

How does Mother Shipton die?

Answer 55

Starvation

Question 56

How do Piney and the Duchess die?

Answer 56

snowstorm