Quiz about Mark Twain

The original name of Mark Twain was …

 He was born in …

Before started a writer he worked as

He chose many different pen names such as …………………………………………………………before deciding on Mark Twain

 Twain's pen name comes from a nautical phrase that means……………………………………. which is a safe depth for a steamboat to ply.

Twain is often named as the first writer to have written a book on ........................…: Life on the Mississippi, in 1883

 His father was ……………………………………….., who worked as a Tennessee country merchant.

i. His father was ……………………………………….., who worked as a Tennessee country merchant.

 He was one of ………………………… children, and the second to last child born. Unfortunately, a number of Twain’s siblings died throughout their childhood. Only half of his siblings survived—his brother Orion, his brother Henry, and his sister Pamela.

 In 1846, when he was 11 his father died of pneumonia so he quit school and became a printer’s apprentice with the………………………….. Journal to help support his family. 

His first book, The Innocents Abroad, was published in …………………..

A small supporting character became the hero in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1885, which has been called the first "……………………………………"

Even though he didn't go to school as a child for very long, he knew that no matter where he went in life, he could still educate himself by life experiences and by ………………………………………….during the evening.

 The married couple had 3 daughters:………………………………………... His son died of diphtheria.

Since Mark Twain was known as a humorist, satirist, and social commentator, the Kennedy Center established an award in ……………… for comedy called The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The award is given by the Kennedy Center to people who have had an impact on American society like Mark Twain did as a social commentator and satirist.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Mysterious Stranger

"The Prince and the Pauper"

Translate the name of the book

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