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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Quiz

1 In an alternate title for the story, what adjective was used to describe the “Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”?
Fabulous

Fantastic

Notorious

Notable
2 The story is based upon a storytelling tradition in the American west called a
Medicine Show

Urban Legend

Whopper

Tall Tale
3 The story was published the year this war ended
American Civil War

War of Independence

World War I

World War II
4 Which region of the United States is the narrator from?
The east coast

The midwest

The south

The west coast
5 What city is the story set in?
Sacramento

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Angel's Camp
6 The story takes place in a
Gold mine

Swamp

Dance hall

Tavern
7 Which character was in the original title?
Leonidas W. Smiley

Jim Smiley

Dan’l Webster

Simon Wheeler
8 Which region of the United States is Jim Smiley from?
The east coast

The south

The midwest

The west coast
9 Simon Wheeler speaks in
Queen’s English

Educated diction

A foreign accent

Vernacular
10 Which character was named after a former U.S. president?
Leonidas W. Smiley

Andrew Jackson

Dan’l Webster

Simon Wheeler
11 The climax of the story is about a
Death

Contest

Fight

Dance
12 What did the stranger put in Dan’l Webster’s mouth?
Quail shot

Rocks

Beer

Flies
13 Calaveras County is an example of:
Alliteration

Assonance

Anapest

Allegory
14 Which animal is NOT mentioned in the story?
Horse

Dog

Duck

Cow
15 How many strangers to town are there in the story?
Four

Two

Three

One
16 What does the word p'ints mean in the story?
Pintos

Pints

Points

Pines
17 Who was Dan'l Webster named after?
a president

a former Secretary of State

an outlaw

a cowboy
18 What is “the fifteen-minute nag”?
A horse

A gambler

An elderly woman

A frog
19 What kind of contest is featured in the story?
Three-legged Race

Arm-wrestling

Jumping

Running
20 How much money did Jim Smiley bet on Dan'l Webster?
$4

$400

4¢

$40
21 When was the story set?
1801/1802

1870/71

1849/1850

1864/1865
22 What was happening historically in California when the story was set?
The Gold Rush

A huge earthquake in San Francisco

The first Spanish mission was built

California was part of Mexico
23 Jim Smiley bet often. Did he usually win?
50/50

Yes

Hard to tell

No
24 What did Smiley say he would “risk two- and-a-half” on?
Parson Walker’s wife would win a race

Parson Walker’s wife was unfaithful

Parson Walker’s wife would lose a fight

Parson Walker’s wife would die
25 Why did the narrator call on Simon Wheeler?
To place a bet

To inquire after a friend’s friend

To hear a good story

To collect a debt

The narrator uses an educated man’s vocabulary and is excessively polite, with a wry, formal, somewhat condescending tone.

Asked by Davon L #1314015

Answered by jill d #170087 on 7/12/2023 9:25 PM

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Find three examples of exaggeration in the story

1) "..... he would go to work and bore me nearly to death with some infernal reminiscence of him as long and tedious as it should be useless to me. If that was the design, it certainly succeeded."

2) "If he even seen a straddle-bug start to go...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/24/2018 10:46 PM

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Which of the following best describes the setting in (paragraph 2) for mark twains The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

D- A miner's camp in the West

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/14/2022 10:55 PM

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