Cannibalism in the Cars
  • 1. In what year was 'Cannibalism in the Cars' first published?
A) 1875
B) 1868
C) 1901
D) 1899
  • 2. Who is the author of 'Cannibalism in the Cars'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Mark Twain
C) Herman Melville
D) Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 3. What is the main setting of 'Cannibalism in the Cars'?
A) A mountain cabin
B) A snowbound train
C) A deserted island
D) An abandoned ship
  • 4. What does the story satirize?
A) Survival tactics
B) The political system of the United States
C) American literature
D) Railroad travel
  • 5. Who tells the main story in 'Cannibalism in the Cars'?
A) A congressman
B) An old man on a train
C) Mark Twain himself
D) The conductor
  • 6. How long do the congressmen take to resign themselves to cannibalism?
A) Two days
B) A month
C) One week
D) Three hours
  • 7. What is the name of the congressman who votes against himself during elections for victims?
A) Mr. Harris
B) Morgan of Alabama
C) Walker from Detroit
D) The conductor
  • 8. Which character is described as 'singularly juicy'?
A) Morgan of Alabama
B) Mr. Harris
C) Walker from Detroit
D) The old man
  • 9. What happens to the congressman after he leaves the train?
A) He writes a book about his experience
B) He is elected as president
C) He starts a new political career
D) He becomes a monomaniac
  • 10. What magazine first published 'Cannibalism in the Cars'?
A) Atlantic Monthly
B) The Broadway Annual
C) Scribner's Monthly
D) Harper's Magazine
  • 11. In which collection is 'Cannibalism in the Cars' included?
A) Life on the Mississippi
B) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
C) Sketches, New and Old
D) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • 12. How does the story end regarding the narrator's tale?
A) It leaves open to interpretation whether it was a fabrication
B) It states that no one believed the story
C) It reveals the narrator as a ghost
D) It confirms the events as true
  • 13. What is the narrator's condition after the snowstorm?
A) He is sick and out of his head for months
B) He starts a new family
C) He immediately recovers
D) He becomes wealthy
  • 14. What does the congressman write to after eating Walker?
A) A newspaper
B) No one, he keeps it secret
C) The conductor
D) His wife
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