Reading Comprehension Quiz (Mark Twain, “Corn-Pone Opinions”)
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Mark Twain, “Corn-Pone Opinions”
Read “Corn-Pone Opinions” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
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How does Twain make this essay more accessible to a wider audience?
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What is Jerry’s argument, according to Twain?
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Why does Twain not interpret what “corn-pone” is?
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Where does Twain say people earn their “self-approval”?
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What reason does Twain give for people joining different religions?
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Corn-pone opinion, according to this essay, equals
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According to Twain, political emergencies bring out what two different types of corn-pone opinion?
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Twain noted two different political trends in the latter half of the 19th century that people had opinions about. What were they?
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What does Twain liken to the “Voice of God”?
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