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Mark Twain Flashcards

0
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How old was MT when he died?

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75

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What was Mark Twain’s real name?

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Samuel Longhorn Clemens

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Where was MTs house?

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Hartford Connecticut

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When did that Hartford house become the Twain home?

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1870

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4
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Who designed the Hartford house?

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Louis Tiffany

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What were some of the modern conveniences that the Hartford house had?

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Telephone, toilets

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6
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What happened within Twains 4 children?

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Son died

2 daughters died

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What books is published letters from Twains travels?

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The Innocents Abroad

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What ship did Twain travel the world with?

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Quaker City

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9
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Variation of standard language

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Dialect

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What can dialect reveal?

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Geographic or regional background

Social, economic, or educational status

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Not proper language

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Inelegant language

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What book was controversial and banned in many libraries?

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Adventures of Huck Finn

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13
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Who said on The Adventures of Huck Finn that “All modern American literature comes from that book.”

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Ernest Hemingway

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Name some of MTs other pen names.

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Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, Josh Rambler, Sergeant Fathom, W. Epanimpdas Adrastas Blah,

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15
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What did MT name his birthmark?

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Mr. Cantankerous

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16
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Give some of MTs other jobs.

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Silver prospector, printers apprentice, editor, riverboat pilot, helped form a short lived confederate militia

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17
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Where did Clemens grow up?

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Hannibal, Missouri

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18
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Where did the name Mark Twain come from?

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Steamboat pilot phrase meaning “2 fathoms deep” or “safe water”

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19
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Where does “Paint the Day Away” come from?

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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20
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What was MT the first to do?

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Have a typed manuscript

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21
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What book was his typed manuscript?

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Life on the Mississippi

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22
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What actor played Twain over 50 times?

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Hal Holbrook

23
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What were Twains 3 inventions & which one made money?

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Memory game
Adjustable vest straps
Self stick scrapbook - money

24
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Give the date Twain was born and died.

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November 30, 1835- April 21, 1910

25
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What special event occurred when Twain was born & died?

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Hayley’s comet

26
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What was Twains most successful book?

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The Innocents Abroad

27
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What type of writer was Twain best known as?

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Witty, satire, humorous

28
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What were Twains primary way of travel around the world?

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Train & the Quaker City ship

29
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What impressed Twain about France?

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Beauty of the gardens

No fences

30
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What was the name of MT wife?

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Olivia

31
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What important discovery about Twain was made on Feb 13, 1991?

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His original manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It was in his own handwriting w/ notes & changes. It showed his support of anti slavery & cleared up some of the word usage that angered people. They found us in an attic.

32
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Deadly Feud:

Describe the setting.

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Lower MS valley

1830s or 40s

33
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Deadly Feud:

How did Huck come to be on the River?

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Runs away to escape father and widow Douglas

34
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Who was Jim?

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African friend escaping slavery & traveling MS River on a raft

35
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What occurred w/ Huck & Jim?

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Got too close to a steamboat & collided because of thick fog

36
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How did the grangerfords first react to Huck & then later?

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They were very reluctant on letting him in because they thought he was a Shepherdson and brought guns, but they later accepted him as their own.

37
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Give the Grangerford family.

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11 total: Colonel Saul (father), Rachel (mother), Bob (oldest son), Tom (middle son), Buck (youngest son), Charolette (oldest daughter), Sophia (youngest daughter), 3 sons died in feud, and 1 daughter (Emmaline) died because she couldn’t think of a rhyme

38
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What incident started the fight that takes bucks life?

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Sophia G runs away with Harney S

39
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What is some of Twains colloquial language?

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Incorrect spelling, improper punctuation, way characters talk to each other

40
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In scene one, what do we think happens to Jim?

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Died

41
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RE READ STORIES

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RE READ STORIES

42
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What implies that the grangerfords don’t like strangers at night?

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They automatically pull out guns when they don’t even know who is at the door

43
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How can we know that the Grangerfords are well off?

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Nice house
Lots of farm land
100 slaves

44
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Explain what happens with Huck and his father. Why?

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He is brutal and drunken. Widow Douglas takes Huck in and tries to civilize him, but he ran away.

45
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What is a difference between Huck & Bucks definition of a coward?

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Huck- man who shoots a man w/ no weapon

Buck- no shepherd or Grangerford

46
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Why does Huck blame himself for Bucks death?

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He didn’t say anything about the letter

47
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Why do you think Huck did not say who he really was?

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Someone might be looking for him or he could be sent back

48
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What metaphor does MT use to describe the size of the fence that he is whitewashing?

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He described it as a far-reaching continent

49
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What are some things that Tom wishes he could do on that Saturday?

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Play with his friends
Go to the water pump
Go on an expedition
Relax in the shade

50
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What are four things that Tom accepts in exchange for a chance to whitewash the Fence?

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Apple
Kite 
12 marbles
Part of a Jews harp
Spool cannon 
Piece of chalk
51
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What clues lead you to infer that Aunt Polly”whupped” both Tom and Jim to remind them of their chores?

A

Jims rear end is tingling
Tom works with more vigor
Aunt Polly is holding a slipper and looking triumphant and feeling like she is boss.

52
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In your own words, explain the 2 laws of human behavior in MTs work.

A

To make someone want something, you have to make it hard to get.
Work is what you have to do, but play is what you don’t have to do.

53
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When was the Adventures of Huck Finn published?

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1884

54
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When did Twain begin writing Huck Finn?

A

1876

55
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How long did it take MT to write Huck Finn?

A

8 years

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