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76 Cards in this Set
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Why does Jim want his freedom?
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to buy his family
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Why did Colonel Sherburn shoot Boggs?
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He was an obnoxious drunk
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Who was the murdred man in the beached houseboat?
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Huck's Pap
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When does Huck realize he is not alone on the island?
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finds ashes
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How does Mrs Loftus know that Huck is not a girl?
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In Jim's opinion, who was not such a wise King?
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King Solomen, too many wives + children
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Hw did Huck get rid of the two men on the skiff?
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Told them they had smallpox
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Why did Harney Shepherdson not kill Buck?
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He missed + was about to run away with Sophie
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Why did the King claim to be the late Dauphin?
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He wanted to be respected and treated like royalty
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For what will Jim nevr forgiv himself?
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For beating his deaf daughter
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Whom does the Duke believe stole the gold?
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Slaves
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What is Huck's major moral decision
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To tell Mary Jane the truth
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What does Huck decide to do at the end of the novel?
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Hunt Indians with Tom, set Jim fre, get money
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Why was Jim freed by Miss Watson
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She died and freed him in her will
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What eventually happens to the Duke and the King
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Tarred and feathered
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Why doesn't Huck disput the identities of th Duke and the King?
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Doesn't want to create trouble
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Why does Jim stay with wounded Tom? Does he benefit in any way for his actions?
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He feels compassion for Tom, and he was captured again
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What do you learn of Douglass' childhood?
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He wasn't close to his mother
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What was Douglass' evaluation of why slaves sang?
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To show their sadness and lonliness
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How did Douglass learn to read?
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Bribed white children to teach him
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How were female slaves often forced into committing adultery?
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The master wanted more slaves so he hired a married man to reproduce with a slave woman
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Who was Mr. Covey?
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The slave-breaker
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What were Douglass's views of slavery and religion?
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He didn't understand how a religious person could believe in slavery
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What did Douglass contemplate when thinking of his escape?
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What would happen to his friends
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Describe Douglass' situation in New York
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He started making money and saving up for freedom
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Who spoke at an anti-slavery convntion in 1841?
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Douglass
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Where does Huck live as the novel begins?
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With the widow
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Why does he give Judge Thatcher his $6000
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He didn't want his dad to get it
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How did low whites treat the slaves?
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Poorly, they were belo them
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What were the consequences of Nat Turner's insurrection?
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more searches + suspicians
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What did Rev. Pike tell the slaves?
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They should obey their master
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What was the relationship between slavery and religion, according to Brent?
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Both evil in combo, blahh!
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How much of a reward was posted for Linda by Dr. Flint
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$300
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Who arranges for Linda's children freedom?
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Mr. Sands
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How does Linda finally escape?
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On a boat to the north
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Was the captain of the boat that helped Linda escape anti slavery?
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Anti-slavery
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Did Linda experience any racism in the North?
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Yes
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How were slaves treated in Europe?
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Much better
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How was Brent finally set free?
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Mrs Bruce bought her and set her free
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What was the relationship between slaves and the law?
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Slaves had no standing in the law
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Who lent Linda's mistress money?
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Grandmother
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Who taught Linda Brent to read and write?
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Mistress Margaret Horniblow
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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."
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Thoreau
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"Trust thyself"
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Emerson
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"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
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Emerson
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"He couldn't spread his wings...He was a monster in a Mason jar."
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Dillard
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"Nature, is mythical and mystical"
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Thoreau
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"I cut my way first through a foot of snow...and open a window under my feet."
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Walden
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"To be great is to be misundertsood."
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Emerson
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"The unverise was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest."
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Dillard
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"When I looked again, the black spider has severed the heads of his foes from their bodies..."
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Thoreau
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"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist"
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Emerson
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"Still we leave meanly like ants..."
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Thoreau
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"We've been on earth all these years and we still don't know for certain why birds sing"
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Dillard
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"Like the bear who went over the mountain, I went out to see what I could see."
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Dillard
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"The virtue is most request is conformity."
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Emerson
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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately."
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Thoreau
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What two topics does Dickinson write about most often?
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Happenings of every day life + world of the spirit
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What device do Longfellow's poems, "The Tide Rises..." and "Nature" use?
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Repitition, imagery, symbolism
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What was Ben Franklin's plan for mastering the virtues?
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weekly plan, one virtue a week
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What virtue gave Franklin the most difficulty?
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Order
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How many virtues did Franklin try to master?
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13
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What was his experience in a Quaker meeting house?
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sleeps in one, friendly quaker leads him to Crooked Billet
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When did Franklin see his future wife?
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Philadelphia, disheveled
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Why did he go to Philadelphia?
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Fortune
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Where did Franklin first seek his fortune?
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Philadelphia
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What was Franklin's relationship with his brother?
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Business partners
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Has Franklin mastered the 13 virtues?
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no
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Has the letter served its purpose?
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yes
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Hawthorne's style...
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mysteries of human heart + question of human evil
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The wild rosebush is a symbol of...
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hope
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What happens to Chillingworth's fortune?
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Given to Pearl
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Where do Dimmmesdale and Hester feel free from guilt?
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in the forest
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What quality does Pearl lack for most of the novel?
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Evilness??
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What is reflected in the polished breastplate of a suit of armor?
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The scarlet letter
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Who is the scarlet letter endowed with life?
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Pearl
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