Mark Twain Biography Quiz

Mark Twain was known for all of the following, EXCEPT:

• Writer

• Publisher

• Lecturer

• Businessman

• Painter

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What was Mark Twain's real name?

• Samuel Simpson

• Samuel Clemens

• Clemen Smith

• Michael Clemens

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What is the name of the town where Twain grew up, which is also the setting for two of his most famous novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

• Hannibal, Missouri

• East End, Missouri

• Jackson, Mississippi

• Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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How did Mark Twain get his pen name?

• It's a nickname he has had since he was a child.

• A riverboat pilot gave it to him while working on the Mississippi river.

• His brother gave him the nickname.

• He got the nickname while working as a printers apprentice.

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After moving to Nevada, Twain found work as a miner and ____

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Mark Twain's first literary success was with "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" which was published in?

• 1865

• 1860

• 1862

• 1868

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Many Critics consider Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as the first great American Novel.

• True

• False

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When did Mark Twain die, and at what age?

• April 21, 1910, at the age of 74

• June 6, 1905, at the age of 67

• January 8, 1907, at the age of 72

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