CST Practice Questions (#1-13)

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Mo Money Mo Problems

What's the fastest way to make a lot of money? What's the best way to make a lot of money? What's the difference between New Money and Old Money?

Some fast ways to make money would be scamming, selling/smuggling drugs or alcohol, prostitution, or inheriting vast amounts of money from someone. Best way to make a lot of money would to do it honestly. Old money is passed down and inherited through the generations or through business. New money is large amounts of money you've made yourself.

Richard Dawkins vs. Ben Stein

Who wins this debate? Does either side use logical fallacies?

I believe that Ben Stein had more control over the debate, Richard Dawkins seemed to get a bit flustered at times. They did use logical fallacies like ad hominem and red herring.

Intelligent Design

What is Intelligent Design? What are some arguments against Evolution?

What could one study in this department?

Intelligent Design is an idea with two hypotheses. One is where you need a creative intelligence to do all the creating that has been done in the history of life; the other is you don't. Some arguments against Evolution is that it's less than science and hasn't really been proven. Another is that it's more than science, that it contains a whole philosophy behind it.

One could do an in depth study of the biblical and scientific views of the origin of the universe, life, and man in that department.

Logical Fallacies in Oral Addresses

As we read Inherit the Wind, we will analyze the arguments on both sides. What are logical fallacies? Define these terms: ad hominem, false causality, red herring, overgeneralization, and bandwagon effect.

Logical fallacy properly refers to a formal fallacy: a flaw in the structure of adeductive argument which renders the argument invalid.

ad hominem - an argument which links the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise

false causality - the fallacy committed when an argument mistakenly attempt to establish a causal connection

red herring - is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue

overgeneralization - claims which use words like all, never, most, and seldom not as figures of speech but as ways of avoiding assessing or questioning the likeliness of an event which is part of the claim

bandwagon effect - is the observation that people often do (or believe) things because many other people do (or believe) the same

Huck Finn Practice Test

Practice Test

I. True-False- Mark each statement either “A” true or “B” false.

___A__ 1. Jim was superstitious and believed in witches.

___B__ 2. Huck thought he was doing a virtuous deed by helping Jim to freedom.

___B__ 3. The Duke and Dauphin were displaced royalty.

___A__ 4. Huck preferred the Widow Douglasʼ God over Miss Watsonʼs.

___A__ 5. Huckleberry Finn contains a social comment deeper than a simple adventure

story.

___B__ 6. Tom Sawyer believed in doing everything the easiest way.

___B__ 7. Tomʼs gang followed through on the orders contained in the oath.

___B__ 8. Jim thought he would become rich someday.

___A__ 9. More money was made on the third performance of the “Royal Nonesuch”

than on the first two.

__B___ 10. Huck told the Duke and Dauphin the truth about himself and Jim.

II. Multiple Choice- Choose the word or phrase which best completes each statement.

___C__ 11. Jim didnʼt want Huck to see the dead manʼs face in the flooded house

because (a) it was a mess, (b) it was Tomʼs father, (c) it was Pap, (d) heʼd been shot in

the face.

___B__ 12. Huck justified his stealing by saying (a) he needed it, (b) he was just

borrowing, (c) Tom Sawyer did it, (d) the owner didnʼt need it.

___D__ 13. Huck finally got rid of the Duke and the Dauphin when (a) they sold Jim, (b)

they were lynched, (c) he shoved them overboard, (d) he gave them the “slip.”

___C__ 14. The gang “ambuscaded” an encampment of A-rabs, which turned out to be

(a) a boy scout outing, (b) a Ladiesʼ Aid tea, (c) a Sunday School picnic, (d) a circus.

___B__ 15. Tomʼs prized trophy from the “evasion” was (a) a tin pan, (b) a bullet, (c) the

reward money, (d) Jimʼs freedom

___B__ 16. Huck and Jim attributed their bad luck to (a) the work of witches, (b) touching

a snakeskin, (c) killing a spider, (d) looking at the new moon.

___A__ 17. Peter Wilksʼ money was hidden in (a) the cellar, (b) a straw tick, (c) a coffin,

(d) all of these.

___B__ 18. Whenever Huck thought about helping Jim to freedom he felt (a) proud, (b)

confused and ashamed, (c) apathetic (d) happy.

___D__ 19. The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons was caused by

(a) cowardice, (b) a water rights dispute, (c) Miss Emmelineʼs marriage, (d) none of

these.

___D__ 20. Huck first gains respect for Jim when (a) he finds out he is free, (b) he finds

him on the island, (c) Jim tells his fortune, (d) he played the trick on Jim.

III. Characters: Write the name of the character described by each quote or phrase

below. Refer to the character list and spell names correctly. Some names are used

more than once. Not all are used.

___________________ 21. a man who is buried with a sack of gold on his chest.

___________________ 22. “he come in gaping and digging one fist into his eyes, and

he was dragging a gun along with the other one”

___________________ 23. explains to Huck how a real girl would act

___________________24. believes his hairy chest will bring him wealth

Emmeline Grangerford 25. Huck reckons “that with her disposition, (this girl) was having a better time in the graveyard.”

Colonel Sherburn 26. believes most men are cowards who act out of fear when

they join a mob

__________________ 27. a slave who shows Huck a “stack of water moccasins”

Widow Douglas 28. frees Jim in her will

_________________ 29. must do everything in a complicated way according to the

books

_________________ 30. the first person to accuse the king and the duke of being

frauds trying to cheat Peter Wilksʼ rightful heirs

Boggs 31. a drunkard shot down in the street at 1 p.m.

_________________ 32. the sister with the harelip

Harney Shepherdson 33. leaves a note for his girlfriend in a Bible in church

The King 34. cheats people out of their money by impersonating a reformed

pirate

_________________ 35. Huck says, “And when it comes to beauty and goodness too,

she lays over them all.”

_________________36. he canʼt pray a lie

Pap Finn 37. a man whose corpse Jim wonʼt let Huck see

________________38. decides to “light out for the territory” to escape civilization

_______________ 39. wonders what has happened to her silver spoons

_______________ 40. the lawyer who suggests digging up a corpse

Sophia Grangerford 41. like Juliet, she falls in love with a member of a family that her

own family hates

Judge Thatcher 42. caretaker of Huckʼs money

The Duke of Bridgewater 43. if the advice of this fraud had been followed, he and partner

would have made away with almost $6,000

_______________ 44. her appearance at the Phelpsʼ farm ends the impersonating of

Huck and Tom

_______________ 45. wears a bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch

_______________ 46. a man who makes Huck want to go to school

_______________ 47. gives vital information to the king so that the king can

impersonate a Wilks brother

_________________ 48. one of the men whose greed leaves him aboard a sinking

ship.

Character List

Huck Finn" " " " " The Duke of Bridgewater

Pap Finn" " " " " The King

Tom Sawyer" " " " " Boggs

Judge Thatcher" " " " Colonel Sherburn

Miss Watson"" " " " Tim Collins

Widow Douglas" " " " “Adolphus”

“Sarah Mary Williams”" " " Peter Wilks

“George Peters”" " " " George Wilks

Mrs. Judith Loftus" " " " Harvey Wilks

Jim Turner" " " " " William Wilks

Jake Packard" " " " Mary Jane Wilks

Bill" " " " " " Joanna Wilks

“George Jackson”" " " " Levi Bell

Colonel Grangerford" " " Dr. Robinson

Buck Grangerford" " " " Aunt Sally

Emmeline Grangerford" " " Silas Phelps

Sophia Grangerford"" " " “William Thompson”

Harney Shepherdson" " " “Tom Sawyer”

Jack" " " " " " “Sid Sawyer”

Jim

Jury Notes & Summary

Con:

• Emotions that come to mind
• Derogatory and offensive term
• Want to forget that term. Dark history behind it
• Horrible morals
• Teaches ignorance
• Contradicts
• Corrupt them and society
• Constant use of the “N-Word” (300 times in novel)
• Sparks controversy
• Leave the past in the past
• Our generation could make the same mistake again
• Put a stop with it’s language and ways
• Lincoln banned freedom of press, parents doing the same today
• Shouldn’t HAVE to learn the book if parents don’t want them too
• Brings out a lot of emotion
• Detrimental to society, teaches that it’s okay to say when it isn’t
• Influenced by emotions
• Forgetting slavery = more united
• Material might corrupt minds
• Offending
• Don’t need anymore killing ideas

Conclusion:

Although the first amendment allows freedom of speech, Huckleberry presses racism onto students

Book is confusing and painful and should not be in school

These emotions should not be put on young children

Pro:

• Always going to be there, scar won’t fade.
• In history, can’t hide the truth.
• Need to learn from.
• Historical importance for America
• Teaches compassion
• Make us forget and lose the ability to regret
• Remember our past in every single detail
• Learn from mistakes
• Accurate description back in antebellum south
• Warning to America, that slavery couldn’t exist
• Banning = portraying slavery in a softer light
• Book written for satiric purposes
• Meant to be a teaching tool
• Expose, can’t keep it hidden
• Learn from society not JUST a book
• Can’t rely on only the negative
• Suppressing the word gives it power, just a word
• Shows how evil slavery is
• Banning would be against the 1st amendment
• Would go against the first amendment
• Does not enable students to form their own conclusion
• the point was to make the readers understand how degrading the word nigger can be
• a part of history, to remind people that there is no reason to continue negative actions
• It is more ignorant to ignore the ignorance of our past

Conclusion:

Have a huge consequence on society

Known as a great American novel

Stands for America’s past

It is beside the point whether it is a positive or negative past

The relationship between Huck and Jim is not seen in any other novels

Censorship is wrong

Banning a book because of a single word is unacceptable

Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it

Ignorance may be bliss, but doesn’t make it any better

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Summary Con:

Focused on emotional dilemma and the effects it had on society and children. Presses racism onto the students.

Summary Pro:

The book stands for America's past, by banning the book you're trying to forget the past. Not only is censorship wrong it goes against the first amendment.