The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Part One
Choose the best answer.
1. Tom wants to live as a prince, and the prince wants to “wallow …in the mud ” like Tom.. In the context of what happens in the novel, this an example of
A. personification. B. irony. C. paradox. D. alliteration. E. mood.
2. What one desire haunts Tom day and night?
A. to be rid of his father B. to have books of his own C to see a real prince D. to become a real prince E. to see a military parade
3. Who is a hero to all who know him except his family?
A. John Canty B. Edward Tudor C. Miles Hendon D. Father Andrew E. Tom Canty
4. What word best describes the crowd jeering at Tom when the king lets Tom into the palace gates?
A. angry B. devouring C. calm D. violent E.. fickle
5. Tom describes life as a prince as being “forever shut up in this gilded cage.” This is an example of
A. simile. B. a symbol. C allusion. D. juxtaposition. E. alliteration.
6. When Lord Hertford says, “Madness can do all the odd conflicting things thou seest in him,and more,” he is referring to
A. St. John. B. Father Andrew. C. the holy hermit. D. Tom Canty. E. King Edward VI.
7. Tom’s organizing a mock court where he is a mock prince is an example of
A. foreshadowing. B. symbol. C alliteration. D. setting. E. juxtaposition.
8. Tom ’s mother shelters the prince from a “pelting rain of cuffs and slaps by interposing her own person.” This is an example of
A. characterization and imagery. B. alliteration. C. mood and irony. D. simile. E. characterization and mood.
9. “Still, hope was as stubborn, now, as doubt had been before …” is an example of
A. simile. B. metaphor. C. personification. D. irony. E. Both A and C
10. Tom’s first declaration as king is
A. to not burn the women at the stake. B. that the Duke of Norfolk shall not die. C. that no one shall ever be boiled alive. D. that the people of Offal Court shall have education. E. Both A and B
11. Tom cries when he needs to scratch his nose. This is satirizing
A. the evil punishments of the royalty. B. the power the servants have over the prince. C. the rules people follow to be accepted in their society. D. the rules placed on children at the dinner table. E. Both A and D
12. Sir Miles Hendon, Knight, is a man who
A. saves the prince from injury and shame. B. thinks he is an archangel. C. speaks Latin and English. D. believes the king is actually king. E. Both A and D
13. Tom is shocked when Humphrey Marlow tells him
A. he knew Tom’s father. B he knows the location of the Great Seal. C. the king is insane. D. the king is dead. E. he is the whipping-boy.
14. Calling the king ’s eldest sister ‘bloody Mary ’ is an example of
A. alliteration. B. theme. C .the royal family’s evil ways. D. allusion. E. Both B and D
15. Tom cannot find the lost item because
A. it is with the true king. B. he does not know what it looks like. C. he does not speak French. D .he does not have the key to the royal safe. E. Both A and B
16. Tom proves the woman accused of selling herself to the devil is innocent by
A. asking her to conjure a storm. B. sending in her daughters. C. asking her to speak Latin. D. asking her to show the contract. E. threatening her with the gallows.
17. John Canty confesses to the prince he is a
A. child abuser. B. wife beater. C. archangel. D. murderer. E. runaway convict.
18. An example of coincidence would be
A. when Miles appears to save Edward from the mob. B. when Tom spares Edward ’s life. C. that the entire story of the Prince of Wales takes place within Offal Court. D. that everyone recognizes the real prince. E. that Tom and Edward had never met previously.
19. The tired and hungry king is turned away at the farmhouse because
A. he had a knife. B. he frightened the children in the barn. C. “His clothes were against him.” D. the family was afraid to commit treason. E. he did not have money.
20. The king compares his plight to that of a
A. snake. B. rat. C. calf. D. dog. E. Both B and C
The Prince and the Pauper Test
PART II: READING COMPREHENSION
Directions: Read each passage CAREFULLY and choose the best answer for the questions that follow.
From “Tom’s Early Life” p. 2
(1)Let us skip a number of years.
(2) London was fifteen hundred years old, and was a great town –for that day. (3) It had a hundred thousand inhabitants –some think double as many. (3) The streets were very narrow, and crooked, and dirty, especially in that part where Tom Canty lived, which was not far from London Bridge. (4) The houses were of wood, with the second story projecting over the first, and the third sticking its elbows out beyond the second. (5) The higher the houses grew, the broader they grew. (6) They were skeletons of strong criss-cross beams, with solid material between coated with plaster. (7) The beams were painted red or blue or black, according to the owner’s taste, and this gave the houses a very picturesque look. (8) The windows were small, glazed with little diamond-shaped panes, and they opened outward on hinges like doors.
21. Based on the description in this passage, the best word to describe the part of London where Tom Canty lived would be:
a. the suburbs b. the ghetto c. the hills d. the metropolitan area
22. Tom Canty lived
a. under a bridge b. near the cathedral c. near a bridge d. in a shack above the bridge
23. About how many people lived in London during the time of this novel?
a. 1500 b. 100,000 c. 200,000 d. 3000
24. Which is true according to the passage above?
a. Homeowners could choose the color of the beams on their houses b. The houses in London had only doors and no windows c. Most of the houses in London were two stories tall. d. Tom did not like where he lived.
25. The type of writing used in this passage (descriptive writing) is designed to produce
a. imagery b. an allusion c. an illusion d. a metaphor
From “At Guildhall” p. 38
(1) And while Tom, in his high seat, was gazing upon this “wild” dancing, lost in admiration of the dazzling commingling of kaleidoscopic colors which the whirling turmoil of gaudy figures below him presented, the ragged but real little Prince of Wales was proclaiming his rights and his wrongs, denouncing the imposter, and clamoring for admission at the gates of Guildhall! (2) The crowd enjoyed this episode prodigiously and pressed forward and craned their necks to see the small rioter. (3) Presently they began to taunt him and mock at him, purposely to goad him to a higher and still more entertaining fury. (4) Tears of mortification sprung to his eyes, but he stood his ground and defied the mob right royally. (5) Other taunts followed, added mockings stung him, and he exclaimed, “I tell ye again, you pack of unmannerly curs, I am the Prince of Wales! (6) And all forlorn or help me in my need, yet will not I be driven from my ground, but will maintain it!”
(7) “Though thou be prince or no prince, ‘tis all one; thou be’st a gallant lad, and not friendless neither! (8) Here stand I by thy side to prove it; and mind I tell thee thou mightst have a worser friend than Miles Hendon and yet not tire thy legs with seeking. (9) Rest thy small jaw, my child; I talk the language of these base kennel-rats like to a very native.”
26. Who is “the imposter” (sentence 1) according to this passage?
a. the Prince of Wales b. Tom Canty c. Miles Hendon d. a person in the mob
27. The crowd
a. is excited that Tom is the newly crowned king b. is angry with Miles Hendon c. is trying to tell Tom that the real prince is among them. d. is taunting and mocking the Prince of Wales
28. Miles Hendon
a. has just arrived on the scene and does not understand what is happening. b. is drunk from being involved with the “wild” crowd. c. is trying to comfort the prince and become friends with him. d. is trying to get near Tom in order to pull him off of his “high seat.”
29. The best way to translate line 9 (“Rest thy small jaw, my child; I talk the language of these base kennel-rats like to a very native.”) would be
a. take a nap and ignore these rat b. close your mouth, I understand these people as if I were one of them. c. take a nap, I’m going to talk to these people as if I were one of them. d. close your mouth while I try to act like one of these people
30. The Prince of Wales calls the crowd
a. gallant b. friendless c. base kennel-rats d. unmannerly curs
From “Tom as King” p. 61
(1) Late in the forenoon he was in a large audience chamber, conversing with the Earl of Hertford and dully awaiting the striking of the hour appointed for a visit of ceremony from a considerable number of great officials and courtiers.
(2) After a little while Tom, who had wandered to a window and become interested in the life and movement of the great highway beyond the palace gates –and not idly interested, but longing with all his heart to take part in person in its mob of disorderly men, women, and children of the lowest and poorest degree approaching from up the road.
(3) “I would I knew what ‘tis about!” he exclaimed with all a boy’s curiosity in such happenings.
(4) “Thou art the king!” solemnly responded the earl with a reverence. (5) “Have I your Grace’s leave to act?”
(6) “Oh, blithely, yes! Oh, gladly, yes!” exclaimed Tom excitedly, adding to himself with a lively sense of satisfaction, “In truth, being a king is not all dreariness; it hath its compensations and conveniences.”
(7) The earl called a page and sent him to the captain of the guard with the order, “Let the mob be halted, and inquiry made concerning the occasion of its movement. (8) By the king’s command!”
(9) A few seconds later a long rank of royal guards, cased in flashing steel, filed out at the gates and formed across the highway in front of the multitude. (10) A messenger returned to report that the crowd were following a man, a woman, and a young girl to execution for crimes committed against the peace and dignity of the realm.
31. According to this passage, Tom is waiting
a. on some officials and courtiers b. on a large audience chamber c. on the Earl of Hertford d. on the mob to disperse
32. According to this passage, Tom is curious about
a. what is for dinner. b. what the page is doing c. what the crowd outside is doing d. what happened to the man, the woman and the young girl
33. Tom wants to go down to the mob because
a. they are disturbing him and he wants them to leave b. they are like him c. he wants to prove he is not afraid of them d. he wants to stop them himself
34. The mob has gathered outside because
a. they are protesting Tom as king. b. they want into the king’s court. c. they were about to witness an execution. d. this was their usual gathering place.
35. In sentence 5, the word “leave” most probably means
a. leave b. permission c. to remain d. to give
From “The Prince and the Hermit” p. 91
(1) …The old man bent down and scanned the boy’s reposeful face and listened to his placid breathing. (2) “He sleeps –sleeps soundly”; and the frown vanished away and gave place to an expression of evil satisfaction. (3) A smile flitted across the dreaming boy’s features. (4) The hermit muttered, “So, his heart is happy,” and he turned away. (5) He went stealthily about the place, seeking here and there for something, now and then halting to listen, now and then jerking his head around and casting a quick glance toward the bed, and always muttering, always mumbling to himself. (6) At last he found what he seemed to want –a rusty old butcher knife and a whetstone. (7) Then he crept to his place by the fire, sat himself down, and began to whet the knife softly on the stone, still muttering, mumbling, ejaculating. (8) The winds sighed around the lonely place, the mysterious voices of the night floated by out of the distances. (9) The shining eyes of venturesome mice and rats peered out at the old man from the cracks and coverts, but he went on with his work, rapt absorbed, and noted none of these things.
(10) At long intervals he drew his thumb along the edge of his knife and nodded his head with satisfaction. (11) “It grows sharper,” he said; “yes, it grows sharper.”
(12) He took no note of the flight of time, but worked tranquilly on, entertaining himself with his thoughts, which broke out occasionally in articulate speech: (13) “His father wrought us evil, he destroyed us –and is gone down into the eternal fires! (14) Yes, down into the eternal fires! (15) He escaped us, but it was God’s will, yes, it was God’s will, we must not repine. (16) But he hath not escaped the fires! (17) No, he hath not escaped the fires, the consuming, unpitying, remorseless fires –and they are everlasting!”
36. The best word to describe the mood of this passage would be
a. boring b. suspenseful c. happy d. excited
37. What can you infer about the hermit based on this passage
a. he is about to cook dinner b. he is about to stab the prince c. he is about to burn the mice d. he is daydreaming
38. The hermit’s repetition of “it grows sharper” “eternal fires,” “it was God’s will,” and “escaped the fires” in sentences 11 and 13-17 serves to
a. emphasize the hermit’s madness b. emphasize the hermit’s belief system c. make sure the reader understands him d. scare the reader into repentance
39. In sentence 9, the appearance of the rats and mice most probably serve to emphasize
a. the hermit’s nastiness b. the hermit’s loneliness c. the madness of the situation d. all of the above e. none of the above
40. In sentence 15, the word “repine” most probably means
a. repent b. become downhearted c. become happy d. kill
From “Disowned” p. 109
(1) The king sat musing a few moments, then looked up and said, “ ‘Tis strange –most strange. (2) I cannot account for it.”
(3) “Not it is not strange, my liege. (4) I know him, and this conduct is natural. (5) He was a rascal from birth.”
(6) “Oh, I spake not of him, Sir Miles.”
(7) “Not of him? Then of what? What is it that is strange?”
(8) “That the king is not missed.”
(9) “How? Which? I doubt I do not understand.”
(10) “Indeed? Doth it not strike you as being passing strange that the land is not filled with couriers and proclamations describing my person and making search for me? (11) Is it no matter for commotion and distress that the head of the state is gone, that I am vanished away and lost?
(12) “Most true, my king, I had forgot.” (13) Then Hendon sighed and muttered to himself, “Poor ruined mind –still busy with its pathetic dream.”
(14) “But I have a plan that shall right us both. I will write a paper in three tongues –Latin, Greek and English –and thou shalt haste away with it to London in the morning. (15) Give it to none but my uncle the lord Hertford; when he shall see it, he will know and say I wrote it. (16) Then he will send for me.”
(17) “Might it not be best, my prince, that we wait here until I prove myself and make my rights secure to my domains? (18) I should be so much the better able then to-“
(19) The king interrupted him imperiously, “Peace! (20) What are thy paltry domains, thy trivial interests, contrasted with matters which concern the weal of a nation and the integrity of a throne!” (21) Then he added in a gentle voice, as if he were sorry for his severity, “Obey, and have no fear; I will right thee, I will make thee whole –yes, more than whole. I shall remember, and requite.
41. According to the passage, the word "musing" (sentence 1) most probably means
a. sleeping b. walking c. thinking d. sitting
42. In this passage
a. Miles initially thinks the prince is speaking of another subject b. Miles does not understand what the prince is talking about c. The prince does not understand what Miles is talking about d. The prince has thought too much about the subject
43. The conversation in this passage can best be described as written in
a. Southern dialect b. Elizabethan dialect c. slang d. jargon e. Real Talk
44. In sentence 13, the "pathetic dream" Hendon is referring to is
a. The Prince's dream of becoming king b. His belief that the prince is the true king c. His belief that the boy is out of his mind d. His own dream of being restored to the crown
45. In this passage, the Prince
a. wants to speak three languages b. believes he is lost c. wants Hendon to deliver a letter d. wants to wait on Hendon to prove himself
The Prince and the Pauper Test
PART III:
Essays (choose one)
1. Define the term “irony ” and cite three incidents from the novel that are good examples of your definition.
2. The theme of “man judging on appearances alone ” is central to this novel.. Relate in detail four instances in the novel where this point is made.
3. Explain how the desires of both boys are similar despite their differing lives. Explain the dangers in role reversal.
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