Hop Frog by Edgar Allen Poe Name:_________________
Review Questions
1. Hop Frog is the protagonist in this story because......
2. The King and the ministers are considered to be the antagonists because.....
3. What lesson can be learned from this story or what is the theme?
4. "His value was trebled in the eyes of the king..." "...he possessed a triplicate treasure in one person." What two words have a similar meaning and what is that meaning?
5. "Come here, Hop-Frog," said he, as the jester and his friend entered the room; "swallow this bumper to the health of your absent friends, and then let us have the benefit of your invention..." This caused Hop Frog to cry because...
6. List four words from the story that are used by Poe obtain his readers' sympathy for Hop Frog.
7. List four words from the story that are used to help the reader determine the mood of this story.
8. List four words from the story that are used to describe Trippetta.
9. Find a statement in the story that is a fact that would prove that the king was a cruel and evil ruler.
10. What was the reason that Hop Frog ground his teeth?
11. Why was there no chandelier hanging in the room on the night of the masquerade?
12. According to the story, what was the initial reaction of the crowd when the orangutans came bounding into the room?
13. What materials did Hop Frog use to make the King and his ministers extremely flammable?
14. What made Hop Frog climb higher up the chain?
15. How long did it take for the eight orangutans to blaze fiercely?
16. Decide what kind of man Hop Frog was based on this story.
17. "The eight corpses swung in their chains, a fetid, blackened, hideous, and indistinguishable mass." What does indistinguishable mean?
18. What is the climax of Hop Frog?
19. What is the conflict in this story?
20. Name one example of foreshadowing in this story.
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