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The Lowest Animal
The Lowest Animal
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"men...have not SCRUPLED to cheat the ignorant and the helpless..."
asked
forgotten
decided
hesitated
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"For it obliges me to RENOUNCE my allegiance to the Darwinian theory..." Renounce means...
abandon
reiterate
enunciate
reinstate
3
"...privileged by ATROCIOUS laws which the other sex were allowed no hand in making."
civilized and eloquent
confusing and arbitrary
savage and wicked
outdated and unapplicable
4
"...I have not guessed or speculated or CONJECTURED..." Conjectured means...
conclude based on fact
question
conclude without fact or evidence
prove
5
In paragraph one Twain presents his claim. What is that claim?
men are not the superior but rather inferior race
men and animal are equal
men are not the inferior but rather the superior race
animals can talk like men
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Twain uses examples from history and current events to support his main idea. Trait satirized?
man's necessary cruelty
man's pleasure in saving small animals
man's cruelty to small animals
man's unnecessary cruelty/love of revenge
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"...the earl WANTONLY destroys what he has no use for..."
carelessly
carefully
somberly
happily
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"...I have subjected every POSTULATE that presented itself to the crucial test..."
experiment
data
hypothesis
conclusion
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What method does Twain use to arrive at his conclusions?
analytical thinking
Meta-analysis
the scientific method
good-enough method
10
"...he is AVARICIOUS and miserly, they are not."
gentle
gregarious
greedy
generous
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Why does Twain use the scientific method?
for objective results
for subjective results
to hang out with lab rats
to waste time
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How do [the] loaded words used to emphasize man's immorality* increase the power of T's satire?
the words are neutral, having little influence on the reader
the words conjure positive thoughts and images
the words conjure negative thoughts and images
the words all rhyme, making it catchy
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(top p. 2) Twain repeats his main idea, that man is a lower animal. What claim does he make?
man is transparent, not concealing true intention
deceptive, publicly condemning what he privately does
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In the final experiment...
man and the higher animals decided to make up
men of differing beliefs killed one another
the higher animals taught man how to act properly
men of differing beliefs decided to get along
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"When he is a religious ZEALOT dealing with heretics in the Middle Ages."
liberal
moderate
conservative
fanatic
16
According to Twain, what does the experiment with the earl and the anaconda prove?
man and anacondas are cruel, therefore neither are evolved
man is unnecessarily cruel, so less evolved than anacondas
reptiles are cruel, and therefore less evolved than man
man is merciful, and therefore more evolved than anacondas
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"...and could not be persuaded to add to it either honestly or by CHICANE."
boredom
trickery
excitement
accident
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Note Twain's word choice (rabid, helpless, miserly). How do these words increase the satire?
attributing the supposed traits of man to animal
attributing the supposed traits of animal to man
