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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Twain contrast lecturing with?
(a) Acting.
(b) Reading.
(c) Presenting.
(d) Writing.

3. How did Dr. Newton say he cured Olivia?
(a) He bled her.
(b) He made a special medicine.
(c) He prayed.
(d) Electricity flowed from his body.

4. Who owned Twain's copyrights after the business failure?
(a) Twain.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Suzy.
(d) Webster.

5. What does Twain say the trade of writing requires before one can be a professional?
(a) Trial and error.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Tutoring from an established author.
(d) A time of apprenticeship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Twain find out that Suzy was ill?

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

3. What was Olivia's maiden name?

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

5. What did Twain say always cured his wife of dysentery?

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