Quiz 1 - Weeks 1 & 2

, above all, does the speaker admire about the oak in "I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing"?

D. its contented solitude

"A Noiseless Patient Spider," to what does the speaker compare the spider's launching of filament?

B. his soul's spiritual quest

the excerpt from "Roughing It," why does the bull climb a tree?

A. to attack the storyteller

"How to Tell a Story," what to Twain is the difference between a humorous story and a comic story and a witty story.

D. all of the above

"The Passing of Grandison," why does Dick Owens try to help Grandison escape?

B. to impress Charity

doesn't Grandison take advantage of the opportunity Dick offered him?

A. he is plotting to escape with his whole family

"The Yellow Wallpaper," what...