The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quizzes

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Quiz 1

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1 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in:

1700

1884

1774

1800
2 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as:

an abolitionist novel

a social commentary

a humor novel

an epic
3 Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received ________ dollars when they found money that the robbers had hidden in the cave:

6,000 dollars

no money

3,000 dollars

12,000 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:

is trying to bewitch him

has come to arrest him

has run away from home

is a ghost
6 Jim runs away from Miss Watson because:

he wants to spend time with Huck

he is tired of being a slave

he wants to be re-united with his family

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:

money

King Solomon

women

royalty
8 Tom Sawyer has the other boys form a band of:

seducers

robbers

beggars

pirates
9 Huck escapes to Jackson Island and discovers that:

Jim is there

it is deserted

Pa is there

Miss Watson 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 attacks it directly.

he supports it.

he sarcastically denounces it.
11 The river best serves as a symbol of which of the following?

freedom

commerce

equality

slavery
12 The river provides all of the following except:

money and goods

transportation

a permanent home

food
13 Jim is all of the following except:

foolish

superstitious

motherly

hard-working
14 The narrator of the story is:

Tom

Huck

Jim

Pa
15 Huck assumes all of the following identities except:

Sarah Williams

Tom Sawyer

Thomas Smith

George Peters
16 Three main symbols are the:

river, money, raft

river, names, money

river, witchcraft, raft

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

a free man

Huck's friend

a runaway slave

all of the above
18 Greed is present in all of the following except:

The floating bread with quicksilver inside it.

Jim's financial investments.

Pa's return.

The selling of Jim back into slavery.
19 Huck pretends to be _______ when he is caught pretending to be a girl:

an escaped convict

a boy running away from his abusive father

an actor

an escaped apprentice
20 The Dauphin represents what historical character?

the son of the Duke

the son of the King of France

the son of the King of England

a famous actor
21 The central conflict of the novel is:

freeing Jim from slavery

escaping Pa

getting rid of the Duke and the Dauphin

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

charletans

beggars

thieves

actors
23 With whom does Huck start to fall in love in the novel?

Sarah Williams

Mary Jane Wilks

Miss Watson

Huck does not fall in love
24 From which family do the Duke and the Dauphin try to steal the inheritance?

The Wilks

The Grangerfords

The Phelps

The Shepherdsons
25 Which paradox is inherent in Huck Finn's character?

he has a realistic approach to life but is superstitious.

he fully supports slavery but wants to free Jim.

he loves school but hates to learn.

he hates money but wants to be rich.

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