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