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