Mark Twain Quiz 3 2026

This is the birth name of Mark Twain.

• Samuel Adams
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Mark Twain
• Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• Clemens Langhorne

This person had the first privately-owned telephone in America. However, when given the opportunity to invest money in the telephone, he chose not to, saying, "Where's the market?"

• Henry Ford
• Mark Twain

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison

This is the state where Mark Twain was born?

• Hawaii

• Connecticut

• Florida
• New York
• Missouri

This is an important character of Mark Twain's book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

• Jim
• Mustache Sam

• Phil

• Steve

• Sally

True or False: After becoming a successful writer, Mark Twain live in a very simple and small house because his book royalties and speaking fees didn't bring in much money..

• A. True

• B. False

Mark Twain enjoyed a sizable annual income from ______________________ and ____________________________ .

• acting/directing.

• journalism/editing

• stock market investments/real estate

• teaching/tutoring

• writing/lecturing

This was a major conflict or dilemma for Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

• The dilemma of choosing between two friends.
• The struggle to find treasure on the river.
• The conflict of leaving home for adventure.
• The choice between staying in school or dropping out.
• Deciding whether to help Jim escape to freedom or returning him to his owner..

This astronomical event occurred both at the birth and the death of Mark Twain.

• Total lunar eclipse
• Planetary alignment
• Sighting of Halley's Comet

• Meteor shower
• Solar eclipse