Exploring the Life and Legacy of Mark Twain

What was Mark Twain's birth name?

• Orion Clemens

• Henry Clemens

• John Marshall Clemens

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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Which job did Twain take up that influenced his pen name?

• Newspaper editor

• Steamboat pilot

• Miner

• Printer

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What was the title of Mark Twain's first published success?

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

• Life on the Mississippi

• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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In which city did Twain and Olivia settle down and start a family?

• Virginia City, Nevada

• Hartford, Connecticut

• New York City, New York

• San Francisco, California

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Which invention did Twain invest heavily in, leading to financial ruin?

• The Paige typesetting machine

• The electric light bulb

• The telephone

• The phonograph

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Who was the inventor that Mark Twain formed a notable friendship with?

• Henry Ford

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

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What was the cause of death for Twain's daughter Suzy?

• Boating accident

• Pneumonia

• Epileptic seizure

• Meningitis

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Which of Twain's works was a scathing critique of religion?

• The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

• Pudd'nhead Wilson

• Letters From the Earth

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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How did Mark Twain predict his death would coincide with?

• A lunar eclipse

• The passing of Halley's Comet

• The turn of the century

• A solar eclipse

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What was Twain's final act of humor regarding rumors of his death?

• He published a book posthumously

• He pretended to haunt his critics

• He joked that the reports were exaggerated

• He wrote an obituary for himself

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