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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Twain see in person that made him very happy?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) James Faulkner.

2. Where did Olivia die?
(a) Belgium.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. How much was Twain's first royalty check for Huckleberry Finn?
(a) $34,000.
(b) $54,000.
(c) $44,000.
(d) $24,000.

4. Which writer did Twain say he met and talked with a number of times?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Roald Dahl.
(d) Herman Melville.

5. What was the name of the memorial Twain was asked to help open?
(a) Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial Museum.
(b) Timothy Bailey Aldrich Memorial Gardens.
(c) Timothy Bernard Aldrich Memorial Park.
(d) Thomas Bernard Aldrich Memoriam.

6. What was the name of the lecture tour?
(a) The Lyceum.
(b) The Lantrium.
(c) The Lancium.
(d) The Lysotstrata.

7. What was Twain amazed by when he met Rudyard Kipling?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His elegance.
(c) His shy demeanor.
(d) How much he knew.

8. What does Twain say he never had to work at in his life?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Believing in God.
(c) Finding gratitude.
(d) Being funny.

9. How did Twain say he felt when Jean died?
(a) Like his heart had been cut out of his chest.
(b) Like his heart had exploded.
(c) Like a bullet crashed through his heart.
(d) Like a vise had crushed his heart.

10. What year did Suzy die?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1890.

11. For how long did Twain stop writing after his wife died?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

12. Who did Twain ask to put his last entry into his autobiography?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His son.
(c) His partner.
(d) His secretary.

13. Where was Twain when the company started to fail?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

14. How many honorary degrees did Twain receive?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. How did Twain find out that Suzy was ill?
(a) A telephone call.
(b) A telegram.
(c) A letter.
(d) A newspaper article.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Twain and Webster related?

2. What was Elinor Glyn's occupation?

3. How does Twain describe his wife?

4. What was Suzy's sister's name?

5. What major book did Twain stall in the middle of writing?

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