Set 2 Huck Finn

Question 1

bildungsroman

Answer 1

(n.) a German literary term for a novel whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character; a “coming-of-age” story.

Question 2

picaresque

Answer 2

(n.) literary genre with an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero; involving clever rogues and adventures.

Question 3

realism

Answer 3

(n.) a 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be; verisimilitude, mimesis, naturalism

Question 4

dissemble

Answer 4

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression; to lie or prevaricate

Question 5

satire

Answer 5

(n.) a literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

Question 6

irony

Answer 6

(n.) a contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen; verbal, situational, and dramatic

Question 7

dialect

Answer 7

A regional speech pattern or variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation; “colloquial language”

Question 8

temperance

Answer 8

(n) moderation, self-control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasures; total abstinence from alcohol

Question 9

abolitionist

Answer 9

(n.) a person who wants to abolish or end a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.

Question 10

benefactor

Answer 10

(n.) one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation

Question 11

gaudy

Answer 11

(adj.) flashy, showy; not in good taste

Question 12

levity

Answer 12

(n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect;

Question 13

contrive

Answer 13

(v.) to create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice

Question 14

perpetual

Answer 14

(adj.) continuing forever or indefinitely

Question 15

contrite

Answer 15

(adj.) extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

Question 16

ascertain

Answer 16

(v) find out with certainty

Question 17

antebellum

Answer 17

(adj.) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

Question 18

romanticism

Answer 18

(n.) an artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual’s expression of subjective emotion and imagination, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.

Question 19

invective

Answer 19

(n.) an angry verbal attack (My mother’s irrational__________ against the way I dress only made me decide to dye my hair green.)

Question 20

pseudonym

Answer 20

n. a fictitious name assumed by an author; a nom de plume