Literature Mid term Study Notes

Term: At this point in the novel, is Huck morally growing or just surviving? Options: A) Only surviving ★ B) Morally growing ★ C) Neither D) Both morally growing and surviving Correct: D) Both morally growing and surviving
Term: How does Huck describe his inner moral reasoning throughout these chapters? Options: A) As logical philosophical debates B) As an internal conflict between taught "right" and personal feelings ★ C) As complete certainty D) As indifference Correct: B) As an internal conflict between taught "right" and personal feelings
Term: What pressures are shaping Huck's choices? Options: A) Only fear of hell B) Societal expectations, fear, loyalty to Jim, and self-preservation ★ C) Only religious guilt D) Peer pressure from Tom Correct: B) Societal expectations, fear, loyalty to Jim, and self-preservation
Term: Where do we see Huck's moral growth and its limits? Options: A) Growth in empathy for Jim; limits in lingering racism ★ B) No growth at all C) Growth only in survival skills D) Limits only in superstition Correct: A) Growth in empathy for Jim; limits in lingering racism
Term: So far, does Huck mostly act out of fear, empathy, self-preservation, guilt, or something else? Options: A) Mostly fear B) A mix of self-preservation and empathy ★ C) Pure guilt D) Only superstition Correct: B) A mix of self-preservation and empathy
Term: How does Huck's behavior show moral growth or a decision at odds with society’s morals? Options: A) By obeying all laws B) By defying society to help Jim out of personal conscience ★ C) By joining the feud D) By turning in runaways Correct: B) By defying society to help Jim out of personal conscience
Term: Why does satire need a moral purpose rather than just comedy? Options: A) To be funnier B) To critique societal flaws and provoke reflection or change ★ C) To avoid controversy D) To entertain only Correct: B) To critique societal flaws and provoke reflection or change
Term: How does this connect to Huck’s first-person POV and his “growing up”? Options: A) It hides satire B) It filters absurdities through naive eyes and shows maturation via experience ★ C) It makes the story boring D) It avoids moral questions Correct: B) It filters absurdities through naive eyes and shows maturation via experience
Term: What do the Grangerfords suggest about “civilized society”? Options: A) It is truly moral B) It is superficially refined but hypocritical and violent ★ C) It rejects slavery D) It values peace Correct: B) It is superficially refined but hypocritical and violent
Term: How does the satire work in the Grangerford episode? Options: A) By praising aristocracy B) By exaggerating the feud's absurdity to mock Southern pretensions ★ C) By ignoring religion D) By showing harmony Correct: B) By exaggerating the feud's absurdity to mock Southern pretensions
Term: How do the King & Duke first appear to Huck – and how does he interpret them? Options: A) As trustworthy kings B) As desperate con men he sees sympathetically as outcasts ★ C) As enemies D) As heroes Correct: B) As desperate con men he sees sympathetically as outcasts
Term: Does Huck have knowledge of the historical figures they pretend to be? Options: A) No B) Yes ★ C) Only Jim does D) Only Tom does Correct: B) Yes
Term: If so, where does he mention that earlier? Options: A) Chapter 31 B) Chapter 14 with Jim ★ C) Chapter 1 D) No mention Correct: B) Chapter 14 with Jim
Term: How does this work as satire with the King and Duke? Options: A) By honoring royalty B) By showing ridiculous frauds exploiting gullible people ★ C) By praising culture D) By ignoring scams Correct: B) By showing ridiculous frauds exploiting gullible people
Term: What is Twain satirizing with the King’s plan to con people as a scientist or Shakespeare tragedian? Options: A) High culture only B) Gullibility and pretensions of uncultured American society ★ C) Education D) Royalty Correct: B) Gullibility and pretensions of uncultured American society

16–37: (These are more open-ended discussion questions on Huck's growth, Pap, controversies, adaptations, Dickinson, and House of Mirth. For Quizlet MCQ, I've condensed key ones into questions with plausible distractors. You can expand as needed.)

Term: How has the novel depicted Huck’s moral growth so far? Options: A) No change B) Evolving from seeing Jim as property to friend ★ C) Becoming more racist D) Rejecting all empathy Correct: B) Evolving from seeing Jim as property to friend

[... continuing similarly for brevity; let me know if you want the full 60+ expanded into MCQ format or a focus on specific sections like Dickinson or Wharton.]

For Dickinson (38–42) example:

Term: What form is the poem (e.g., "Because I could not stop for Death")? Options: A) Sonnet B) Hymn/ballad in common meter ★ C) Free verse D) Haiku Correct: B) Hymn/ballad in common meter

For House of Mirth (43–63) example:

Term: At her death, is Lily morally weaker or stronger than earlier? Options: A) Weaker B) Stronger ★ C) The same D) Irrelevant Correct: B) Stronger

Wild nights - Wild nights! (269)

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By Emily Dickinson

Wild nights - Wild nights!

Were I with thee

Wild nights should be

Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -

To a Heart in port -

Done with the Compass -

Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -

Ah - the Sea!

Might I but moor - tonight -

In thee!

There's a certain Slant of light, (320)

By Emily Dickinson

There's a certain Slant of light,

Winter Afternoons –

That oppresses, like the Heft

Of Cathedral Tunes –

Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –

We can find no scar,

But internal difference –

Where the Meanings, are –

None may teach it – Any –

'Tis the seal Despair –

An imperial affliction

Sent us of the Air –

When it comes, the Landscape listens –

Shadows – hold their breath –

When it goes, 'tis like the Distance

On the look of Death –

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - (591)

By Emily Dickinson

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -

The Stillness in the Room

Was like the Stillness in the Air -

Between the Heaves of Storm -

The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -

And Breaths were gathering firm

For that last Onset - when the King

Be witnessed - in the Room -

I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away

What portion of me be

Assignable - and then it was

There interposed a Fly -

With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -

Between the light - and me -

And then the Windows failed - and then

I could not see to see -

Because I could not stop for Death – (479)

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By Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –

The Carriage held but just Ourselves –

And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess – in the Ring –

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –

We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –

The Dews drew quivering and Chill –

For only Gossamer, my Gown –

My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground –

The Roof was scarcely visible –

The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet

Feels shorter than the Day

I first surmised the Horses' Heads

Were toward Eternity –

Because I could not stop for Death – (479)

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By Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –

The Carriage held but just Ourselves –

And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess – in the Ring –

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –

We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –

The Dews drew quivering and Chill –

For only Gossamer, my Gown –

My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground –

The Roof was scarcely visible –

The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet

Feels shorter than the Day

I first surmised the Horses' Heads

Were toward Eternity –

Excerpt from "Wild nights - Wild nights!"
"Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!"
Excerpt from "There's a certain Slant of light,"
"That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –
We can find no scar,
But internal difference –
Where the Meanings, are –"
Excerpt from "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -"
"I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable - and then it was
There interposed a Fly -
With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -"
Excerpt from "Because I could not stop for Death –"
"The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –"