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The major theme of "A Mystery of Heroism" is

What type of literature is represented by Twain's interaction with Darwin in "The Lowest Animal"?

An event that violates the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.

Got his pen name from his time as a steamboat pilot.

In "The Lowest Animal," Mark Twain talks about a satirical experiment in which he compares an English earl to a(n)

A character whose traits contrast with another character, thus accentuating their distinctive characteristics.

Which is not a distinctive characteristic of Regionalism?

In Realist literature, characters are often

The practical boy who narrates Huckleberry Finn.

Wrote about the Civil War, though he was born 6 years after it ended.

Huck was telling Pap the truth when he said he had no money because...

The king collected money from the tent revival by

Col. Sherburn was not lynched because

"...a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith's hammer upon the anvil..."

We read his poem with the theme of not idealizing other people.

Who wrote about the contrast between women's external and internal lives?

The city that represented safety and freedom for Jim was

Twain's purpose in including Jim's story about his daughter is to show that

Huck stole the Wilks' money so that he could

Wrote over 1,800 poems.

A thing that stands for or represents something else.

The dead man whose brothers the king and the duke pretend to be.

The novel's primary foil of Huck is...

The major conflict of Huck Finn is

"The guns, with their demeanors of stolidity and courage, were typical of something infinitely self-possessed..."

A feeling of expectation created by questions raised in the mind of the reader.

A situation involving a discrepancy between a character's perception and what the reader knows to be true.

In Huck Finn, Twain implies...

Twain used Tom's antics as a means for the reader to...

According to Twain, this is the primary "defect" of humanity.

Which is not one of the characteristics of Realism?

"...only jest grip and hang on till they throwed up the sponge, if it was a year" is an example of...

Technique of introducing material that prepares the reader for future events, actions, or revelations.

Huck's kindly guardian who tries to "sivilize" him.

In a symbolic sense, Huck's "true father" is...

"Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble..."

The author's attitude toward a subject, revealed through the way he describes people, things, places, and events.

Humorous writing or speech intended to point out errors or failings in society.

"...the sound of some stupendous scuffle, as if two animals of the size of islands were fighting."

The central idea of a literary work.

The river in Huck Finn symbolizes

Twain characterizes that Arkansas townspeople in all the following ways except...