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| What famous aurthor says that all literature is based off of Huck Finn? |
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| What is Mark Twain's real name? |
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| Mark tawin was born in _______ in what year? |
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| What was the economic status of Twain? Describe Tawin's education. |
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| poor family; never formally educated beyond elementary school |
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| Mark Twain enjoyed watching_____as a child. |
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| Twain worked as a _____,____and a______. |
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| printer, reporter, river boat pilot |
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| Twain eventually moved to ____. In what year did he adopt the name Mark Twain? |
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| In 1870, Twain got married to a____and he became a_____at the time of his marriage. |
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| Twain and his wife moved to ______in 1871. How many kids did they have? |
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| hartfort, connecticut; three kids |
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| What happened to Twain's wife and two daughters when? |
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| Twain lost most of his ____in the 1890s. And his later works had a more _____perspective. |
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| Twain became well known by publishing the short story known as _____ in 1865. |
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| the celebrated jumping frog of calveras county |
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| Which was published first: tom sawyer or huck finn? |
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| How is the story tom sawyer different from huck finn? |
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| tom sayer did not ask moral questions |
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| Huck finn is a _____novel. When was it published? |
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| post civil war novel; january 1885---20 years after end of civil war |
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| Though the civil war ended, _____is still rampant and Mark Twain notices this by making JIm the head of the novel. |
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| How was the novel Huck finn received? |
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| it was at first praised then ridiculed---it sold more copies than any other of twain's books |
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| No american novel has been attaked by the public as continuously as _____. |
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| Huck finn is the ___most banned book of all time. |
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| What makes Huck finn so important? |
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| What does picaresca mean? |
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| What is a picaresque novel? |
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| a novel about a witty character who is try to get by with many adventures |
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| Huck finn is also a ____with its thoughtful laughter and irony. |
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| What seven things is twain criticizing in in huck finn? |
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| religion, hypocrisy, slavery, the hierarchy of society, sentimentality, romanticism, man's relationship with man |
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| _____is a literary movement that focus on the special atmosphere of a particular area, recreating the activities, dialect, appearance, and customs of the characters as well as the environment in which they live. |
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| What are four examples of regionalism/local color in huck finn? |
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| huck's dialect, jim's dialect, the river, small town |
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| What are eight themes portrayed in huck finn? |
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| man's inhumanity to man, racism, slavery, hypocrisy, child abuse, dishonesty, murder, death as entertainment |
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| ___is usually the honest charchter in Huck finn. |
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| When does Huck start to contradict his conscience? |
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| when he is willing to sacrifice his learned morality for jim's sake |
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| When does the realist movement begin? did it come before or after the romantic movement? |
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| later 19th century but flourishes in 20th century; after romantic movement |
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| When the author attempts to present life as it really is it is called_____. |
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| _____is testing the validity of all concepts by their practical results. |
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| What is an example of pragmatism in huck finn? |
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| The romantics attempted to ____life and present humanity in_____. |
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| idealize; favorable light |
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| Huck represents a ______in the novel and tom represents a _____. |
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| Realist characters are real not_____. They have _____over most of their life. |
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| _____is a figure of speech where one piece represents the larger thing. |
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| What are two examples of synechdoches? |
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| all hands on deck; the us won a gold medal |
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| What are two reasons why the adventures of huck finn is so controversial? |
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| What are five things that make jim a sterotype? |
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| lack of education, dependence on white characters, superstitious, illogical, over indulgence of white preferences |
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| Whre wa j.d. salinger born? what was the economic status of his family? |
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| manhattan new york; wealthy |
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| What religion did salinger's father come from? his mother? |
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| jewish father; irish catholic mother |
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| Salinger, like holden had a strong relationship to _____. |
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| Salinger attended both public and private schools on the _____. how did he do in shcool? |
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| west side; flucked out repeatedly |
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| Salinger switched to what school? |
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| valley forge military academy |
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| Salinger breifly attended college at _____in pennsylvania and ______ in new york, but he didn't stay at eacther school long. why? |
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| ursinus college; new york university; left school to work on cruise ship |
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| Ursinus college referred to salinger as "____". |
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| the worst english student in the history of the college |
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| First salinger attended nyu, then he worked on cruise then he became a ______and then whent to ______ |
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| meat importer in vienna; ursinus college |
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| When did salinger stop being a meat importer? |
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| In 1939, Salinge atteneded an evening writing class on_____at what university? |
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| short stories; columbia university |
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| Salinger's teacher, ______was founder and editor of story magazine. |
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| Salinger's first short story was published in what magazine in 1940? |
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| What were three other magazines that published salinger? |
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| saturday evening post, cosmopolitan, new yorker |
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| What did Salinger do in 1942? |
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| he was drafted into the army signal corps in WWII |
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| how long did salinger serve in the army? |
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| Salinger also served in____. |
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| counter intelligence corps |
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| Who did salinger meet at war? |
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| Salinger participated in what three major politcal events? |
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| d-day at utah beach; liberation of france; and the battle of the bulge |
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| When did salinger publish his first holden story? |
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| When was catcher in the rye published? |
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| What were three other volumes published by saligner? |
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| nine stories, franny and zoey, and glasses |
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| Who did Salinger marry? When? did he have kids? |
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| claire doublgas; 1955; two children |
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| Salinger became an _____as he got older. |
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| Salinger's marraige lasted for___years. What possibly caused the marriage to go downhill? |
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| Where did Salinger move after his divorce? Why? |
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| moved to cornish, new hampshire; to get out of the new york eye |
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| Salinger seemed to be social with _____but he avoided ____and _____at all times. |
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| friends; publicity; celebrity |
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| Salinger continued to ____until death. When did he die? Where? |
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| write; jnauary 28, 2010; home |
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| _____was the first distinctly american theatrical form. |
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| What does blackface minstrelsy mean |
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| white entertainers put on black faces and imitated slaves in the south and ex slaves in the north |
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| _____is an elaborate metaphor that is usually exagerrated. |
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| A____is a recurring subject theme or idea. |
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| What is another word for a tragic flaw? |
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| A_____is when you substitue one frace for another. |
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| A____is a sad poem or song. |
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| What does the museum of natural history represent? |
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| it always stays the same which is comfort for holden because he is going through a time of indecision |
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| What does the carrousel represent? |
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| all of the kids are riding horses on the carousel and they try to reach for the gold ring that represents adulthood; if they reach the ring successfully that means they have reached adulthood successfully but if they fall off they will be like holden with the indecision |
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| What does the red hunting cap represent? |
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| holden puts it on when he is insecure and alone--it comforts him. the hat is also like allie because allie has read hair. overall the hat represents true self |
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| What is said to be the climax of catcher in the rye? |
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| when holden watches phoebe ride the carrousel |
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| What two famous literary figures is holden compared to in cather in the rye? |
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| Robert frost was born in san francisco but was associated with ______. |
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| Who owns jim at the beginning of huck finn? |
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| The duke and the dauphin pretend to be the brother of ____. |
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| ____dies trying to save thomas luck's life. |
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| Holden buys _____for pheoebe but breaks it. |
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| At the end of huck finn, tom says he's ___. |
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| What were the two feuding families in huck finn? |
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| gragerfords and shepherdsons |
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| Who wrote luck of roaring camp? |
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| language that appeals to the senses:____. |
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| What game do jane and holden play? |
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| What is the name of the play in huck finn? |
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| What are the two poems by robert frost studied in class? |
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| nothing gold can stay; the road less traveled |
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| What is the name of holden's teacher who hits on him? |
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| Who kills Bogs and stares down a mob? |
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| Who does holden actually go on a date with? |
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