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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 59-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain hope to do after returning from his trip around the world?
(a) Be promoted.
(b) Create his own magazine.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Give more lectures.

2. What major book did Twain stall in the middle of writing?
(a) "1601."
(b) "Tom Sawyer."
(c) "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."
(d) "The Prince and the Pauper."

3. What does Twain think could have happened if the person who died in 1907 had some education?
(a) He could have taught at colleges.
(b) He could have delivered great sermons.
(c) He could have been a famous writer.
(d) He could have been a successful business man.

4. Why did the minister travel anonymously?
(a) To keep his sins hidden.
(b) To escape judgment.
(c) To have more enjoyment.
(d) To have a real vacation.

5. What is the name of the first publisher to turn Twain's first book down?
(a) Carlton.
(b) Carson.
(c) Carrion.
(d) Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Twain paid for his weekly letters while sailing around the world?

2. Where outside of California did Twain give lectures?

3. Which of Twain's books started as a joke?

4. How did Twain learn that Grant was human?

5. In what did the store clerk invest his life savings?

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