"Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe

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1. What did the king in the story, "live for"? His only son, the prince. The favor of the queen. Jokes and joking. Conquest of his enemies.

2. Why was the dwarf called "Hop-Frog"? He could leap high in the air due to his muscular legs. He walked with a combination of a hop and a wriggling motion. One of the king's favorite jokes involved a frog. It isn't actually explained.

3. Hop-Frog and Trippetta (a beautiful, tiny girl) were abducted from where? What was then known as Persia. France The country is not named. Transylvania

4. Hop-Frog had a definite fondness for alcohol. True False

5. Why did Hop-Frog want revenge on the king and his court? The king pushed Trippetta and threw a goblet of wine in her face. The king had slain Hop-Frog's parents. The king favored Trippetta over him. The king banished Trippetta to the dungeon for the crime of insolence.

6. What did Hop-Frog have a habit of doing when he became angry? Gnashing his teeth. Cursing like a sailor. Stomping his feet. All three.

7. What did Hop-Frog suggest that the king and his ministers do at the big party, in order to scare the guests? Pretend that they had contracted a plague which had decimated the local population. Dress up as a group of escaped ourang-outangs, all chained together. Dress as werewolves and carry off the women. Command the court wizard to set off a series of explosions throughout the castle.

8. How did Hop-Frog finally exact his revenge? He gave all the guests daggers and they slaughtered the king and his men in self-defense. He hoisted the king and his ministers into the air and set them on fire. He killed the king with a broken goblet. He pushed Trippetta off a high battlement.

9. What finally became of Hop-Frog and Trippetta? Hop-Frog was banished from the castle and he married Trippetta. Hop-Frog was flung off the battlement from which he had flung Trippetta. Hop-Frog was hung for murder and Trippetta was imprisoned. It was assumed that they escaped together and went back to their country of origin.

10. What other Poe story featured the same kind of animal that was represented prominently in "Hop-Frog"? "The Black Cat" "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "Never Bet the Devil your Head"