The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quizzes

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quiz 1

1 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in:
1774

1800

1700

1884
2 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as:
a humor novel

an abolitionist novel

a social commentary

an epic
3 Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received ________ dollars when they found money that the robbers had hidden in the cave:
no money

12,000 dollars

3,000 dollars

6,000 dollars
4 Huck's Pap returns because he:
wants Huck's money

misses his son

wants revenge on Judge Thatcher

all of the above
5 When Jim first sees Huck Finn on the island, he thinks Huck:
has come to arrest him

has run away from home

is trying to bewitch him

is a ghost
6 Jim runs away from Miss Watson because:
he wants to be re-united with his family

he wants to spend time with Huck

he is tired of being a slave

she is planning to sell him to a slave trader who will take him to New Orleans
7 During their travels down the river, Huck talks to Jim about all of the following except:
royalty

women

money

King Solomon
8 Tom Sawyer has the other boys form a band of:
pirates

robbers

beggars

seducers
9 Huck escapes to Jackson Island and discovers that:
it is deserted

Miss Watson is there

Pa is there

Jim is there
10 Mark Twain's approach to the issue of racism in Huckleberry Finn is that:
he does not deal with the issue of racism in Huckleberry Finn.

he supports it.

he sarcastically denounces it.

he attacks it directly.
11 The river best serves as a symbol of which of the following?
equality

freedom

commerce

slavery
12 The river provides all of the following except:
food

a permanent home

money and goods

transportation
13 Jim is all of the following except:
foolish

hard-working

superstitious

motherly
14 The narrator of the story is:
Tom

Huck

Pa

Jim
15 Huck assumes all of the following identities except:
Tom Sawyer

George Peters

Thomas Smith

Sarah Williams
16 Three main symbols are the:
river, witchcraft, raft

river, names, money

river, money, raft

river, ferryboats, bread
17 Jim is which of the following during the course of the novel?
a runaway slave

a free man

Huck's friend

all of the above
18 Greed is present in all of the following except:
The selling of Jim back into slavery.

Pa's return.

Jim's financial investments.

The floating bread with quicksilver inside it.
19 Huck pretends to be _______ when he is caught pretending to be a girl:
a boy running away from his abusive father

an escaped apprentice

an escaped convict

an actor
20 The Dauphin represents what historical character?
a famous actor

the son of the King of France

the son of the King of England

the son of the Duke
21 The central conflict of the novel is:
getting rid of the Duke and the Dauphin

escaping Pa

freeing Jim from slavery

Huck Finn's internal struggle to come to terms with himself and society
22 The Duke and the Dauphin are primarily:
beggars

thieves

actors

charletans
23 With whom does Huck start to fall in love in the novel?
Miss Watson

Mary Jane Wilks

Huck does not fall in love

Sarah Williams
24 From which family do the Duke and the Dauphin try to steal the inheritance?
The Shepherdsons

The Wilks

The Grangerfords

The Phelps
25 Which paradox is inherent in Huck Finn's character?
he fully supports slavery but wants to free Jim.

he hates money but wants to be rich.

he loves school but hates to learn.

he has a realistic approach to life but is superstitious.

Identify possible intangible assets or intellectual properties that may have resulted from the above invention.

I don't know what invention you are referring to and your question doesn't seem related to Huck Finn.

Asked by tadod d #1159435

Answered by Aslan on 6/15/2021 4:20 PM

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How and why do Huck and Jim forge a friendship?

1. they are both cut off from civilized society, and seek to be free from society's hypocritic nature and injustice.

2. they rely on each other for support, forming a alternative family as Huck treats Jim like a human being and helps him to...

Asked by renee q #4028

Answered by crystal b #29416 on 11/7/2006 10:42 PM

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The Mississippi River is a striking metaphor for Huck’s journey, his great escape and quest for freedom. Do you think the river is the main structural principle of the novel?

The majority of the plot takes place on the river or its banks. For Huck and Jim, the river represents freedom. On the raft, they are completely independent and determine their own courses of action. Jim looks forward to reaching the free states,...

Asked by Anand A #1154068

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/31/2021 11:16 AM

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