CHAPTER 21 Quiz — The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Comprehension Quiz: CHAPTER 21
What does the duke criticize about the king's performance of Romeo?
- He speaks too quietly and cannot be heard clearly
- He bellows the lines like a bull instead of speaking softly
- He forgets the words and keeps making up new ones
- He moves around too much and won't stand still on the raft
What role does the duke call himself when they practice the swordfight?
- King Lear from the tragedy King Lear
- Macbeth from the Scottish tragedy Macbeth
- Richard III from the history play Richard III
- Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, from Hamlet
What is fundamentally wrong with the duke's version of Hamlet's soliloquy?
- He translates the speech into French because they plan to perform in New Orleans
- He recites the soliloquy backward to make it sound more dramatic and original
- He jumbles together lines from Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and other plays
- He shortens the speech to only two sentences so the audience won't get bored
What event is scheduled in the Arkansas town that same afternoon?
- A county fair with livestock judging and pie contests
- A circus that will leave before nightfall
- A political rally for the upcoming gubernatorial election
- A church revival meeting led by a traveling preacher
What venue does the duke rent for the Shakespeare show?
- A large barn on the outskirts of the Arkansas town
- The local church, which doubles as a meeting hall
- The courthouse in the center of the small town
- An open-air stage they build from lumber in the town
According to the show bills, what false claim is made about Hamlet's soliloquy?
- It was performed 300 consecutive nights in Paris by the illustrious Kean
- It won the Royal Shakespeare Award at the London Theatre Festival
- It was personally requested by Queen Victoria for a private showing
- It received a standing ovation from the President of the United States
How does Huck describe the condition of the streets in the Arkansas town?
- They are paved with cobblestones but covered in horse manure
- They are nothing but mud, black as tar, nearly a foot deep in places
- They are dry, dusty roads that kick up clouds when wagons pass
- They are recently graded dirt roads with wooden planks for sidewalks
What is Boggs known for in the town?
- He is the wealthiest landowner who bullies people with lawsuits
- He is a harmless monthly drunk who threatens people but never hurts anyone
- He is a former soldier who frightens people with true war stories
- He is the town preacher who condemns people loudly on Sundays
What specific deadline does Colonel Sherburn set for Boggs?
- Sundown — he must leave town before dark or face the consequences
- Noon — he gives Boggs until the church bells ring at midday
- One o'clock — he will endure the abuse no longer after that time
- Three o'clock — the exact time the circus is scheduled to begin
Who do the townspeople send for in a last effort to calm Boggs?
- The local sheriff, who has authority to lock him up
- His wife, who is known to keep him in line at home
- His daughter, whom they believe he might listen to
- The town preacher, who has a reputation for calming disputes
What happens when Boggs's daughter arrives at the scene of the shooting?
- She arrives just in time to pull her father to safety before Sherburn fires
- She arrives too late and throws herself on her dying father, screaming and crying
- She confronts Sherburn directly and demands he put away his weapon
- She faints at the sight of the crowd and has to be carried to the drugstore
What does Colonel Sherburn do immediately after shooting Boggs?
- He flees town on horseback before anyone can react to what happened
- He stands over Boggs and delivers a speech about the code of honor
- He tosses his pistol on the ground, turns on his heels, and walks off
- He surrenders himself to the crowd and asks to be taken to the sheriff
What does the man in the stovepipe hat do after Boggs dies?
- He delivers a eulogy praising Boggs as a good man and decent neighbor
- He reenacts the entire shooting step by step, earning drinks from the crowd
- He organizes a collection to pay for Boggs's funeral and support his daughter
- He rides out of town to notify Boggs's family on their farm in the country
What does the crowd decide to do at the end of Chapter 21?
- They decide to hold a formal trial for Colonel Sherburn in the courthouse
- They decide to attend the duke's Shakespeare show to forget the tragedy
- They decide to lynch Sherburn and rush off tearing down clotheslines for rope
- They decide to send a delegation to ask Sherburn to leave town peacefully
What major theme does the Boggs-Sherburn episode primarily illustrate?
- The importance of formal education and literacy in frontier communities
- The power of religion and faith to redeem fallen individuals in small towns
- Mob mentality, the Southern code of honor, and the moral cowardice of crowds
- The economic inequality between wealthy plantation owners and poor farmers
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