mark twain bio
Contemporaries of Mark Twain include
Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison
What does the name "Mark Twain" mean?
2 fathoms (12 feet)
Mark Twain had to quit school at the age of 12 because
his father died
A riverboat pilot's phrase meaning two fathoms deep
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Mark Twain's ___ died in 1904, after one of his daughters died while he was on his (world lecture) tour
wife
(___ ___ ___) ___ ___, Mark Twain's sequel for Tom Sawyer, turned into a very complex book
(The Adventures of) Huck Finn (Huckleberry Finn)
(___ ___ ___) ___ ___ was such a success, Mark Twain decided to write a sequel (People would pay just to hear him talk - almost like stand up comedy)
(The Adventures of) Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain was the first major American writer to
1) Deal with themes and topics important to Americans; 2) Use an unlikely hero (Huck Finn); 3) Use dialect as a means of social criticism
The year Mark Twain was born
1835
Mark Twain got his riverboat pilot's license in ___
1859
Mark Twain published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in ___
1876
Mark Twain lost all his money in ___
1893
Mark Twain's wife died in ___, after one of his daughters died while he was on his (world lecture) tour
1904
Halley's comet did announce Mark Twain's departure - just days before his death on ___ ___, ___
April 21, 1910
The ___ ___ ended riverboat trade
Civil War
Mark Twain enlisted in the ___ ___, but he couldn't take military service seriously; Mark Twain and his brother thought war would be fun and games - it wasn't
Confederate army
In 1861 when the Civil War broke out, Mark Twain became a
Confederate soldier
Which of Mark Twain's novels is about time-travel from his day back to the 5th century?
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." (or Mark Twain was ahead of his time)
Ernest Hemingway
The Missouri settlement of only 100 people where Mark Twain was born is called
Florida
Where Mark Twain was born
Florida (Missouri)
Mark Twain enjoyed pointing out that ___ ___ was blazing across the sky when he was born
Halley's comet
The village on the Mississippi River where he spent his childhood days is
Hannibal
Where Mark Twain moved to after living in Florida, Missouri
Hannibal (Missouri)
Mark Twain is called
King of all Literature
Some of Mark Twain's other important works include
Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Pudd'nhead Wilson
While eulogizing Mark Twain, William Dean Howells called Twain the "___ of our literature."
Lincoln (both are against slavery and are the best at what they do)
During his years in the west, he began signing his pieces "___ ___"
Mark Twain
Mark Twain was born in 1835 on
November 30
In 1870, at the age of 35, Mark Twain married the love of his life
Olivia
What is Mark Twain's real name?
Samual Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain's real name
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain's real name, given at birth, is
Samuel Langhorne Clemes
Mark Twain and his wife had three daughters named
Susy, Clara, and Jean
Mark Twain published ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ in 1876 (this story was about his boyhood)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The major use of memories from his childhood are represented in his successful novel, written in 1876, called
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
One of the most successful books Mark Twain ever wrote (wrote in Europe)
The Innocents Abroad
Where do critics think that Mark Twain took a hiatus from writing the book?
after the raft was wrecked by the steam boat
Mark Twain said the ___ would reappear to announce his departure
comet (Halley's comet)
In 1909, Mark Twain's younger ___ died, leaving him sick, angry, and unhappy (his daughters and wife died in a 10 year span)
daughter
Mark Twain had two ___
daughters
Sadly, while on the (world lecture) tour, one of Mark Twain's two ___ died
daughters
At the age of two, their son (Mark Twain and Olivia), Langdon
died from diphtheria
Mark Twain worked as a printer's assitant when he was 11 years old, after the death of his ___
father
In 1895 Mark Twain found himself humiliated because
he could not pay his debts
Why did Mark Twain dessert from the Civil War?
he thought it would be fun and games; it wasn't
Mark Twain's father, John, studied to become a
lawyer
Mark Twain's travels resulted in a string of ___ ___
lecture tours
After traveling for a year, Mark Twain became an international hero because of his
lectures
The river term for "safe water" is
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Mark Twain lost all his ___ in 1893
money
Mark Twain was notoriously bad with ___
money
Mark Twain began writing for ___ and ___
newspapers; magazines
Mark Twain didn't like to stay in ___ place for very long
one
Mark Twain first began to write while working in a
print shop
Mark Twain's first job was working in a
print shop
Mark Twain worked as a ___ ___ when he was 11 years old
printer's assistant
By the age of 25, Mark Twain had fulfilled his dream of becoming a
riverboat captain
Mark Twain became a ___ ___ apprentice
riverboat pilot's
Mark Twain got his ___ ___ ___ in 1859
riverboat pilot's license (this is difficult to obtain as you almost need to be born into the profession to have someone train you)
Mark Twain went west to mine ___ and ___
silver; gold
One fathom is equivalent to ___ feet
six
Mark Twain developed an unwillingness to ___ ___
stay put
After being a printer's assistant, a riverboat pilot, a Confederate soldier, and a miner, Mark Twain began work as a ___ ___
travel correspondent
Mark Twain regained the fortune (lost all of his money in 1893) by giving a ___ ___ ___ (organized by his love, Olivia)
world lecture tour