Which sentence is correct?
I already left for school.
I am already to leave for school.
Which character in "The Crucible" was crushed to death with rocks?
Reverend Hale
John Proctor
Thomas Putnam
Giles Corey
The NFL team, the Baltimore Ravens, are named in honor of this author.
Edgar Allan Poe
Frederick Douglass
Washington Irving
Mark Twain
What is Mark Twain's actual name?
Jim Smiley
Horace Bixby
Orion Hicks
Samuel Clemens
Which sentence is written in Progressive Tense?
Before you arrived, I had cleaned my room.
I have cleaned my room.
I have been cleaning my room for an hour.
I am cleaning my room now.
Which author Was an accomplished wrestler and is honored in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame?
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Ambrose Bierce
Stephen Crane
How long was Lincoln's speech, "The Gettysburg Address"?
1 minute
3 minutes
5 minutes
2 minutes
This author's great-great-grandfather was a leading judge of the Salem Witch Trials, so he changed the spelling of his last name to disassociate himself from this unfortunate family history.
Thomas Putnam
William Faulkner
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Irving
Which sentence contains a vague pronoun?
Molly and Kate were hungry, so they baked a pie.
Molly and Kate were hungry, so she baked a pie.
Molly was hungry, so she baked a pie.
Which author is NOT a Transcendentalist?
Washington Irving
Margaret Fuller
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What was the name of the boys' English teacher in the movie, "Dead Poets Society"?
Todd Anderson
Richard Cameron
John Keeting
Neil Perry
Which word is the antecedent in this sentence? Chelsea cleaned her room and finished her homework before going to the movies.
Chelsea
before
to
cleaned
In "The Crucible", who was the first character to be accused of witchcraft?
Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren
Sarah Goode
Tituba
Which gothic story does NOT contain ill-fated romance?
The Birthmark
The Raven
A Rose for Emily
The Masque of the Red Death
As a riverboat term, what does the name "Mark Twain" mean?
drop anchor
2 feet deep
2 fathoms
4 miles
Which of the following was NOT one of Mark Twain's advice to youth?
Always obey your parents, when they are present.
Go to bed early, get up early--this is wise.
Be very careful about lying; instead, tell the truth.
Never handle firearms carelessly.
Who wrote the poem, "The Noiseless Patient Spider"?
Ambrose Bierce
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allan Poe
Which sentence is correct?
I jumped into the pool.
I turned my homework into the teacher.
Henry David Thoreau spent 2 years living alone in the woods and then later wrote a book about his experience. What was the name of the woods and his book?
Walden
Whitman Woods
Usher Forest
Blackbird Pond
In what Missouri Town was Mark Twain born?
Licking
Hannibal
Florida
Columbia
If there are 3 waitresses with notepads, which would be the correct possessive form?
the waitresses's notebooks
the waitress' notebooks
the waitress's notebooks
the waitresses' notebooks
Which of the following was NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe?
A Rose for Emily
The Masque of the Red Death
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Raven
What do you call the 12 sided shapes hanging from the ceiling? (Gothic Projects)
dodecahedron
Who was freed by The Emancipation Proclamation?
all slaves in the United States
all slaves in border states
all slaves in southern states
all slaves in rebellious states
Who is the most photographed man of the 19th century - over 160 different portraits of this person exist?
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
Frederick Douglass
Edgar Allan Poe
Which sentence uses a colon INCORRECTLY?
Bob is allergic to the following: flowers and kittens.
Bob is allergic to two things: flowers and kittens.
Bob is allergic to: flowers and kittens.
Bob is allergic to these things: flowers and kittens.
Finish the Mark Twain epigram: "Never let schooling interfere with your ___."
intelligence
love life
life
education
What does "four score and seven years ago" mean?
47 years ago
27 years ago
7 years and 4 months ago
87 years ago
Which gothic story involves someone being buried alive?
The Fall of the House of Usher
A Rose for Emily
An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Devil and Tom Walker
Which sentence is correct?
Did you get any farther in to your book?
She ran farther down the path.