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What is the irony involved in Twain's threat to "banish" his readers?

2 points
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was a banned book.
An author cannot prosecute his reader for how his work is perceived.
Both of the above.
What is the author's attitude in this excerpt?
1 point
humorous
serious
explanatory
persuasive
What academic vocabulary term does Twain use to tell the reader why the characters will have different voices?
1 point
diction
dialect
denotation
What is the purpose of Huck's intro to the book?
1 point
to persuade the reader that Huck Finn is respectable
to inform the reader about the Mississippi River
to summarize Twain's first book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What euphemism does Huck use for the term "lies?"
1 point
fibs
little white lies
"stretchers"
Who does Huck characterize as a liar?
Aunt Polly
The Widow Douglas
Mary
all of the above
Which is an example of dialect?
1 point
"After supper, she got out her book."
"I don't take no stock in dead people."
"She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean."
Which of the following is the best definition of "snuff" as it is used in this passage?
1 point
a type of smokeless tobacco that is made of finely ground or shredded tobacco leaves
to extinguish (a candle)
the charred part of a candle wick

1 answer

  1. What is the irony involved in Twain's threat to "banish" his readers?

    • Both of the above. (The threat highlights the fact that "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was widely banned in various contexts, and it also acknowledges that an author cannot truly control how their work is perceived by readers.)

  2. What is the author's attitude in this excerpt?

    • humorous

  3. What academic vocabulary term does Twain use to tell the reader why the characters will have different voices?

    • dialect

  4. What is the purpose of Huck's intro to the book?

    • to summarize Twain's first book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  5. What euphemism does Huck use for the term "lies?"

    • "stretchers"

  6. Who does Huck characterize as a liar?

    • all of the above (Aunt Polly, The Widow Douglas, Mary)

  7. Which is an example of dialect?

    • "I don't take no stock in dead people."

  8. Which of the following is the best definition of "snuff" as it is used in this passage?

    • a type of smokeless tobacco that is made of finely ground or shredded tobacco leaves