Juniors ~ Huck Study Questions

Below are the study questions for chapters 21-29. We're taking a bit of a break from quizzes this week because of ACT prep, but we'll continue next week.

Directions:

Answer in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper

1. What contrasts are apparent when comparing Colonel Sherburn and Boggs?

2. What is happening in town the same night as the Duke and King’s performance? How does it affect attendance of the play?

3. What does the Duke change on the handbill to increase attendance of the play, and how effective is it?

4. What do we learn of human nature as a result of the “Shakespeare” con? How does the crowd react to the play?

5. What story does Jim tell about his daughter, and what does it reveals to Huck regarding Jim’s love and humanity?

6. How does the King learn of Peter Wilks’ death (and much more)? What does he learn exactly?

7. Who are the victims of the Duke and King’s con during the Wilks episode? What is their plan?

8. Who first suspects that the Duke and King are not the Wilks brothers, and why?

9. Where does Huck hide the bag of money?

10. Who is blamed for the missing money, and what happens as a result?

Juniors ~ Restoration Period

For more on the Restoration Period, go to the homepage for the Norton Anthology of English Literature . Click on the picture below to go to Wikipedia's page on Hogarth's Marriage a-la-mode :

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

What better way to spend Halloween than reading a story that begins with a beheading? For the next week or so, we'll be discussing Arthurian Literature, beginning with a look at " Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ," the anonymous tale of a test of courtly love, involving a supernatural green knight and a bet. For more information on the poem, read this introduction . I've also included a prose translation that you can compare with the verse translation we have in our book.

Homework

Seniors Your exam is on Thursday, and your final essay is on Friday. I'll talk more about the essay in class tomorrow. Also, the senior auction project lacks one more important detail - your memories! We will spend a bit of time tomorrow in class writing down some of your fondest memories of your senior year, and the rest of your time at RO. Sophomores Read "Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey," and complete the questions at the end of the selection in your book. As always, please use complete sentences and cite frequently from the text.

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