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Episodic Novel

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Which means it is a collection of episodes—events or series of connected events which forms a coherent story in itself

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Epic

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Is a literary composition that celebrates the feats of a legendary or traditional hero

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Picaresque

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Is a genre of fiction that originated in Spain and depicts in realistic detail the adventures of a roguish hero, often with satiric or humorous effects

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Huck Finn written by

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Mark Twain

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5 Biblical Principles

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Creation
Fall
Incarnation
Redemption
Consummation
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Mark Twains real name is…

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Samuel Longhorne Clemens

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Where did Twain grow up?

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On the Mississippi River in the town of Hannibal Missouri.

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Despite great success Twains last years were full of what?

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Debt, depression, and sadness.

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T/F Mark Twain never left his hometown.

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False

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Where do Huck Jim and tom live at the beginning?

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St. Petersburg

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To keep his father from getting his money Tom does what?

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Gives it to Judge Thatcher

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At the beginning of the novel why does Tom quit the gang?

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Gangs adventures are only imaginary

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To make people believe he had been killed Huck.

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Spread blood from a pig everywhere

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What trinket does Jim consult?

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Magic Hairball

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When Jim sees Huck on Island he thinks Huck is…

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A ghost

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Why didn’t Jim and Huck get to Cairo?

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Passed it in the fog

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What is Jims initial destination?

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Ohio River

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Why does Jim run away from Ms. Watson?

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Planning to sell him father south(separation family)

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Jim blamed blamed bad luck on what?

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Huck touching the snakeskin

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Why does Hick dress up like a girl and head to shore?

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To get information about him and Jim

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During travels Jim and Huck do not talk about…

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Women

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What are the grangerford and shepherdsons feuding about?

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Nobody remembers

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What event sets off the final gunfight Btwn. S and G?

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Sophia G. elopement with a S.

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Where does Huck go after Sherburn disperses the lynch mob?

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To the circus

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Who was bitten by a rattlesnake?
Jim
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When their raft was rammed Huck...
Thought Jim had been killed
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In the fog Huck and Jim...
Where separated
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Who are duke and dauphin?
Con Artist
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Jim was dressed like a sick Arab to...
Keep people away from him
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Did Huck really think the duke and dauphin where really what they said (royalty)? Did Jim?(at first)
No(H) Yes(J)
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Peter Wilkes left ________ for his brothers?
$6000 in a bag of gold in a cellar
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What happens to the duke and King when Huck leaves to search for Jim?
Tarred and feathered.
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Where does Huck hide the gold?
Coffin(Peter Wilks)
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Dauphin and Duke were found frauds when...
Peter Wilks real brother arrived
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On whom does Huck have a crush?
Mary Jane Wilks
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What brings Huck to the phelps farm?
Wants to save Jim
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Why must escape be so elaborate? (Tom)
That the way it's done in romance novels
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While escaping tom was...
Shot in the leg
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People in pikesville knew what the Royal nonsuch was because...
Jim told them
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What secret did Tom keep from Huck and Jim?
That Jim was already free
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Aunt Sally though Huck was...
Tom Sawyer
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To keep aunt Daley from learning the boys real ID tom...
Intercepted letter from aunt Molly
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The boys drove aunt Sally crazy by...
Stealing spoons and other small items
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Who tells Huck that Pap is dead?
Jim
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Jim was recaptured in pikesville because...
He helped tom
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Central conflict of the novel is...
Hucks internal struggle w/ himself and society
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Jim was granted freedom when...
Ms. Watson set him free in her will
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Where does Huck intend to go at the end of the novel?
Western Territories
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The river is a symbol of what?
Freedom
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The river does not provide...
A permanent home
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Huck pretend to be...
George Jackson Tom Sawyer Sarah Williams
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What is the primary influence on Tom Sawyer?
Adventure Novels
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What is Jims life plan?
Buy his family out of slavery
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Jim is not...
Foolish
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Mark Twain never...
Ran for political office
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T/F Mark Twain initially joined the confederate army but then took off to the west for the civil war.
True
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Grotesque
Is an American genre of fiction that describes special types of writing, characters, subjects which are characterized by distortions of the natural and by merging of the comic and the tragic. The purposes of the grotesque may be humorous, but they are always as a social commentary
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T/F Mark Twain joined the persecution of chin ease immigrants in San Fransisco.
False
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T/F Mark Twain is highly educated.
False
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What is Rykens thesis?
What is the relation between art and a believers faith
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Exegete:
To bring forth, to express.
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All _______ is God's _________
Truth; Truth
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Just know something about these 2 things... Ryken
Prechristain & post-biblica
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"What is indisputable is that biblical example supports the integration of literature and the Christian faith, for scripture is _________________."
Literature
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God is concerned only with functional practicality.
False
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Pleasure in and of itself is wrong and sinful.
False
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According to C.S Lewis, the ability to simply to enjoy literature is something tosh separates the believer from a nonbeliever.
True
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Restoring that which is ugly to a state of beauty is not rally a Christian concern.
False
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What 2 things should we exegete?
Culture/world and scripture
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As Christians approaching a literary work we can ask questions concerning creativity, truthfulness, and ________________.
Gracefulness
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"The gospel is not a message about escaping from our humanity or from culture, but of __________________ our humanity and _______________________ culture."
Recovering; reconsecrating

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