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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 53-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.
(a) 25 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 19 years.

2. Whom did Twain accidentally copy in his book about his sailing trip around the world?
(a) James Faulker.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Louisa May Alcott.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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

4. What did Twain see some Irish boys doing one night after he left Nevada?
(a) Harassing a policeman.
(b) Giving alcohol to a baby.
(c) Killing a dog.
(d) Stoning a Chinese man.

5. How much was Twain paid for his weekly letters while sailing around the world?
(a) $20 per paragraph.
(b) $20 per letter.
(c) $20 per sentence.
(d) $20 per word.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Twain want his book to be published?

2. How much money would lecturers make each night?

3. To what does Twain compare writing his autobiography?

4. What did Olivia do the first time she heard Twain swear?

5. How does Twain hope to write?

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