Mark Twain History Review

In ____ Mark Twain decided to pursue a boyhood ambition to become a __________ ______ on the MIssissippi.

1857, steamboat pilot

In _____ Mark Twain published The Adventures of ____ _______.

1876, Tom Sawyer

In _____ Mark Twain moved to _____ _____, where he died on _________________________.

1900, New York, April 21, 1910

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn generated an advance sale of over __,___ copies and was published in _____.

30,000, 1884

After Mark Twain left home where what did he work as for several years?

A typesetter and printer

What was Mark Twain's first book about?

An account of his travels in Europe and the Holy Land

Mark Twain's first novel was written by him and ________________.

C.D. Warner

Mark Twain stopped being a steamboat pilot when the ______ ____ started.

Civil War

When Mark Twain left his home where did he go (what direction)?

East

Where was Mark Twain born?

Flordia, Missouri

What experiences formed the basis for Mark Twain's second book?

His experiences in the West

Mark Twain started writing The Adventures of ____________ ______ in _____, but it was not completed until _____.

Huckleberry Finn, 1876, 1883

What did Mark Twain's style include/was?

Humor, imagery, episodic, and realistic and romantic satire.

Where did Mark Twain grow up?

In the small town of Hannibal, Missouri close to the Mississippi River

What were some of Mark Twain's works set in Europe?

Innocence Abroad, The Prince and the Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

What is a fathom?

It is a nautical measurement meaning 6 feet

What was Mark Twain's first novel about?

It was a satire of political and buisness corruption in post-Civil War America

What was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

It was the companion volume

Mark Twain's experience being a steamboat pilot was used as material for many books, including _______________________

Life on the MIssissippi, 1869`

After Mark Twain stopped being a steamboat pilot he took up his famous pen name _____ ______.

Mark Twain

What was yelled when there was safe water?

Mark Twain

When was Mark Twain born?

November 30, 1835

When was Mark Twain born and when did he die?

November 30,1835 - April 21, 1910

After Mark Twain left home where did he go to work?

Philadelphia, New York, and Washington

Mark Twain continued to write after his lecture tours and published books such as ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Puddn'head Wilson (1894), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), and Following the Equator (1897)

What was Mark Twain's second book?

Roughing It, 1872

What is Mark Twain's real name?

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

What were some of Mark Twain's works set on/by the Mississippi River?

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Life on the Mississippi

What were some of Mark Twain's works set in the West?

The Celebrated Jumping From of Calaveras County (which made Mark Twain famous) and Roughing It

What was Mark Twain's first novel?

The Gilded Age, 1872

Mark Twain's first book was ___________________.

The Innocents Abroad, 1869

When did Mark Twain leave his home?

When he was 18

When Mark Twain began to travel and write he wrote letters recounting his experiences to ___________________ who printed them in his _____________ ______________.

his brother Orion, Missouri newspaper

Mark Twain's lecture tours won him a reputation as a ______________________________________________________________________________

humorist, satirist, and a social critic.

What does 2 fathoms mean?

safe water

After Mark Twain's literary renown had become established, he had to embark on a ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

series of worldwide lecture tours between 1895 and 1900 to prevent bankruptcy.

After a brief ___ ____ apprenticeship, Mark Twain recieved a _________ _________.

two year, pilot's license