Chapter 1-10 Questions Flashcards
What contrast between Huck and Tom is established?
Huck is a realist and Tom is a romanticist.
What is significant in the new judge’s treatment of Pap?
The new judge believes he can make an honest man.
What mixed emotions does Huck feel about his father?
Huck rather lives with his dad, because he doesn’t want to live with the widow.
What is the importance of Huck preparing his own death?
Huck is killing his former self, and is ready to be born again.
What is implied in Jim’s belief that Huck is a ghost?
Also means that Jim is not very smart.
What is the irony of Jim’s ‘investments”?
Jim is 800 dollars on the market, but he wants his freedom the most. Either way he can’t get both.
The last line of Ch. 9 says, “We got home all safe.” What is home?
The cave on Jackson’s Island. The cave symbolizes a womb of a mother.
What is the best way to describe realism?
As the opposite of romanticism
What character is motivated by survival?
Huck
What character is influenced with romanticism?
Tom Sawyer
What characters represent hypocrisy?
The duke and the king
