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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Twain's theory of humanity?People descended from animalsAnimals descended from peoplePeople and animals are on the same levellevelAnimals are more cruel and vicious than people
- 2. Multiple ChoiceTo give his theory credence, Twain claims that--He heard about it from a famous scientistHe read about it in scientific books and studiesHe drew his conclusions from his own experimentsIt was created by Charles Darwin
- 3. Multiple ChoiceTwain concludes that English earls are cruel because they--like to hunt, but anacondas do not hunteat wild animals while anacondas prefer domesticated animalseat far more than they need to survivekill animals for fun rather than for food
- 4. Multiple ChoiceYou can infer from the example of the earl and the anaconda that Twain....had never met an English earlknew a lot about anacondaswas a vegetarianwas not a supporter of hunting for sport
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat examples does Twain not cite to make his point that humanity is cruel?Native Americans have gouged out prisoners' eyesKing John burned his nephew with a hot ironAmericans have hanged their neighborsZealots in the Middle Ages skinned captives alive
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Twain, humans are inferior to animals in all of the following ways exceptanimals cannot show love, while humans canhumans wage warhumans are intolerant of different religionswe enslave others of our kind while animals don't
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe tone of Twain's essay is best described asseriousbitterfunnyneutral
- 8. Multiple ChoiceTwain's last example demonstrates that--we should eliminate all religions if we want to live in peacepeople are foolish and intolerantsome animals can get along peacefully, while others cannotanimals need to be tamed before they can live together
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen Twain says, "Man is the Animal that Blushes...or has occasion to," he means that--Both and Jackasses both laughanimals get embarrassedman has reason to be ashamedthe animals laugh at man's foolishness
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTwain says that of all the animals, man alone is--reasonablecruelnoblehappy
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTwain satirizes all of the following human foibles except--lovecrueltygreedintolerance
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIn Twain's example of people refusing to be seen undressed in public, Twain is satirizingreligious intolerancefalse modestyavaricecruelty
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is ironic about Twain's assertion that humans are the "reasoning animal"?People are the most intelligent creatures on earthmany animals are just as smart as peopleWe rarely get a chance to display our full intelligenceOur actions show that we are irrational and unreasoning
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTwain wrote this satire "The Lowest Animal" mainly to--bemoan the degeneration of the human racecriticize people for their cruelty and viciousnessforce people to reexamine their attitudes and behaviorinspire confidence and hope among despairing people
- 15. Multiple ChoiceType of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people & institutions to bring about changesatireironyexaggerationimagery
- 16. Multiple ChoiceTo enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that itbecomes ridiculous.incongruityexaggerationimageryparody
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