Mark Twain Video Questionnaire

  1. On what date was Mark Twain born and where?
  1. What is Mark Twain’s real name?
  1. What famous “satellite” was in the sky the day of his birth?
  1. What’s the name of the town in which Mark Twain grew up?
  1. What were some of the activities in which Mark Twain and his friends engaged?
  1. Who was Uncle Daniel?
  1. Why did Mark Twain no oppose slavery as a child?
  1. What job did Mark Twain get as a young man after his father died?
  1. At what age did Mark Twain leave home?
  1. What dream of a job did Twain pursue?
  1. What doe the term mark twain mean?
  1. What relative did Mark Twain work with on the riverboat and what happened to this person?
  1. What did Mark Twain say about laughter in heaven?
  1. What did Mark Twain learn while working on the riverboat?
  1. Where did Mark Twain go after his Confederate militia disbanded?
  1. What did Twain do there?
  1. What job did Twain get in Virginia City?
  1. What is the ambiguity behind the name Mark Twain?
  1. Where did Twain move from Virginia City?
  1. Where did Twain move from CA?
  1. What new career did Twain take up at the Grand Opera House?
  1. Where did Twain go on the QuakerCity from New York?
  1. Who did Twain stay with in the summer of 1868?
  1. Who was Olivia?
  1. What did Twain agree to do for Olivia?
  1. What were Twain’s 1st successful novels?
  1. Who was Twain’s 1st child?
  1. Where did Twain and his family move to?
  1. What novel did Twain write that attacked and satirized corrupt government and business practices?
  1. What two sides of Twain does his house in Hartford reveal?
  1. What did Twain do to all of his shirts at one point and why?
  1. Who was Mary Anne Courd and what story did she tell Twain?
  1. What were the next 2 big novels Twain wrote?
  1. What did The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begin as?
  1. What year did Huck Finn begin?
  1. Where did Twain go before writing Huck Finn?
  1. What did Hemingway say about Huck Finn?
  1. What was so significant about what Twain did with Jim?
  1. What is Huck “unlearning” from his experiences with Jim?
  1. What does Huck’s statement about going to hell imply?
  1. What two aspects of American culture does Twain pick up on?
  1. Why was Huck Finn initially banned and scorned?