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

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

3. How does Twain describe his wife?
(a) She was both calm and passionate.
(b) She was both strict and compassionate.
(c) She was both innocent and worldly.
(d) She was both a girl and a woman.

4. What was Murat Hallsted's occupation?
(a) Editor.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Lecturer.
(d) Writer.

5. What did Twain agree to without really reading?
(a) A land auction.
(b) A new contract for Webster.
(c) Grant's book.
(d) A pay cut for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Twain's famous characters was inspired by Tom Blankenship?

2. How does Twain describe his uncle's farm?

3. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?

4. Which writer did Twain say he met and talked with a number of times?

5. Why was the publishing company nervous about releasing "The Innocents Abroad?"

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