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
