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Twain
All questions about Mark Twain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This literary character overhears Mrs Harper regretting hitting her son, Joe, for setting off a firecracker in her face. With Joe and another friend, this title character secretly watches his own funeral and sees Doctor | Tom Sawyer |
| This character is whipped after taking the blame for ripping a page out of Mr. Dobbin’s anatomy textbook. This resident of St. Petersburg pretends to be a pirate with his friends on Jackson’s Island. This character witnesses | Tom Sawyer |
| Two characters in this novel plunder and steal from a house with a dead man in it, although one of them is unaware of that fact. Two con men claiming to be the brothers of the deceased Peter Wilkes put on a play called the | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| One of these people has to be spoon-fed fish after refusing to cut green ribbons that he had tied too tightly. | Knights |
| Mark Twain recounted becoming a “pilot” of this technology in his memoir Life on the Mississippi. | Steamboats |
| Mark Twain wrote about a “Celebrated Jumping” one of, for 10 points, what amphibians that title an Aristophanes play? | Frogs |
| This man, who authored the pamphlet "King Leopold's Soliloquy" about the Congo Free State, served as vice-president of the American Anti-Imperialist League. | Mark Twain |
| One character in this novel accidentally tears a page out of Mr. Dobbin’s anatomy textbook. | Tom Sawyer |
| That character also uses pig blood to fake his death before running away in a canoe. | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| This novel begins with a notice that "persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot." | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| In this city, the tune "Stars and Stripes Forever" was used to signal a fire was breaking out during a performance of Barnum and Bailey's circus, resulting in the deaths of over 160 people in the 1940s. | Hartford |
| In this novel, a character is called an “owdacious puppy” after he kisses his aunt on the lips. This novel’s protagonist hands a Bible reading “Half-past two” to Sophia, whose elopement with Harney sparks a shootout between their families. | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| . This character impresses a group of adults after exchanging several trinkets for “tickets” he uses to obtain a Bible at Sunday School. | Tom Sawyer |
| In a book about this character, he shouts “David and Goliath!” when asked who the first two disciples of Jesus were. Sequels to that novel describe this character Abroad and as a Detective. This character finds | Tom Sawyer |
| A character in this novel is repeatedly called “Bilgewater” by a man claiming to be “Looy the Seventeen” and is tricked when this novel’s title character hides Peter Wilks’s money in a coffin. | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| One character in this novel is entertained by a “pinchbug” while attending a church service. | The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer |
| Another character in this work brings a dead cat to a graveyard at midnight in an attempt to ward off evil spirits and witnesses the murder of Dr. Robinson during a robbery. | The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer |
| The theft of one of these animals in New Jersey is investigated by Chief Inspector Blunt in a short story by Mark Twain, and a 2008 novel by Jose Saramago describes the journey of one of these animals named Solomon with his keeper Subhro. | Elephant |
| This author wrote about an “aged stranger” that delivered a message about the suffering of a nation’s enemies in his short story “The War Prayer.” | Mark Twain |
| In one story by this writer, the title town drops a word from their motto about temptation after a debacle in which 19 couples attempt to dishonestly acquire a sack of gold. | Mark Twain |
| In a novel by this author of “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” | Mark Twain |
| At one of these events in Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, it is revealed that Tom Driscoll and Chambers were switched at birth | Trail |
| . In a novel by this author, what a girl views as “princesses” and “castles” are actually pigs, and a man states that the gibberish word “BGWJJILLIGKKK” is actually the name of a demon | Mark Twain |
| In one part of this novel, the protagonist takes clothes and goods from a house floating down a river with a dead man in it | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| In one novel, this character repeatedly asserts that they are “highwaymen” because “that’s in the books,” and tells his companion to rub an old tin lamp. | Tom Sawyer |
| This fictional character describes how he had been written about in a previous book, and that the author had “told the truth, mainly.” This character complains that his “Aunt Sally” intended to “adopt and civilize” him and he “can’t stand it. | Huckleberry Finn |
| this character is shot in the leg during the execution of his intricate plan that involved snakes and a sheet ladder. After accidentally revealing his engagement to Amy Lawrence, he visits a graveyard where he witnesses the framing of Muff Potter | Tom Sawyer |
| A work narrated by this character was allegedly plagiarized from The Vicar of Weilby. In another work, this character says “All I wanted was to go somewheres” while complaining about being scolded by Miss | Huckleberry Finn |
| In an attempt to impress the father of his love interest, this character trades trinkets for blue, red, and yellow tickets, which he uses to acquire a Bible. | Tom Sawyer |
| One character in the novel introduces himself as William Thompson from Ohio, a person stopping on his way to visit his uncle. | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| This character suffers stage fright while reciting Henry Clay’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. After receiving a Bible in front of a church congregation, this character answers that the first two apostles were David and | Tom Sawyer |
| In one novel, this character and the postmaster exaggerate their stories in order to see who is more worldly. In order to win, this character takes an impromptu hot air balloon trip to Africa with two of his friends. | Tom Sawyer |
| One protagonist of this novel lives in Offal {OAF-UHL} Court, off of Pudding Lane, in London, while another protagonist lives in splendor at the palace at Westminster. The two protagonists meet and decide to switch places | The Prince and the Pauper |
| A 1972 collection of protest works by Mark Twain is entitled A Pen Warmed Up in this location, while a Jean-Paul Sartre play famously says that this location | Hell |
| This character claims David and Goliath were the first two disciples when asked by his love interest’s father, the town judge. After taking the blame for destroying an anatomy book, | Tom Sawyer |
| In a novel by this author, Hank Morgan takes over Merlin's position through time travel. This author of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain |
| Theodor, Nikolaus, and Seppi encounter this charmer who says that “man begins as dirt and departs as stench” in a novel by Mark Twain | Devil |
| A 2011 edition of this novel controversially edited out all of the offensive words to make it more amenable for classroom use. In the opening portion of this novel, the protagonist is kidnapped by his father, but he escapes after faking his own death | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| This author’s novel about Laura Hawkins coined the term “the Gilded Age.” This author wrote about a lawyer who uses fingerprints to prove that Tom Driscoll had been switched at birth with Valet de Chambers. | Mark Twain |
| his character trades trinkets for tickets so he can claim a Bible in front of Judge Thatcher. | Tom Sawyer |
| In this novel, a large sum of money is hidden in Peter Wilks’ coffin after the performers of The Royal Nonesuch pose as long-lost English relatives | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| One character in this book sets off four differently colored fires and repeats four nonsense words before repairing a leak in a well. | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court |
| In a novel by Mark Twain, he proclaimed that this “is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” | Travels |
| One character is this novel calls a crush his “Adored Unknown,” but realizes he was once in love with Amy Lawrence. That character in this novel trades his tickets from “memorizing” Bible verses | Tom Sawyer |
| Japanese artist Shigeru Sugiura created a manga version of this novel in 1952, and Mark Twain rewrote a portion of this novel, taking out 100 “extra and unnecessary words.” | The last of the Mohicans |
| This character rhetorically asks "does a cat talk like a cow?" when another character can't understand why the French don't understand English. After an unpleasant sermon, this character declares, "I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead." | Huckleberry Finn |
| He uses pig's blood and an old sack with rocks to fake his own (*) death | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| This character cross-dresses and learns of his supposed death, and later accidentally gets involved in the Grangerford and Shepherdson feud. After a warning from the Widow Dougla | Huck Finn |
| This character narrates a novel in which he helps investigate Jake and Jubiter Dunlap, and another novel in which he flies to Africa in a hot air balloon. This character comes between the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords in one novel, in which he meets the | Huck Finn |
| This character stays in the room of a dead girl who titled her sentimental painting “And Art Thou Gone Yes Thou Art Gone Alas.” Affection for Mary Jane inspires this character to hide a sack of gold in a coffin. | Huck Finn |
| Pap’s son impersonates his friend when visiting the Phelps farm in this novel. In this novel, the melodramatic poet Emmeline Grangerford is a member of a family that feuds with the | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| In this novel, one character is painted blue and is called the “Sick Arab”. In another scene, the brothers of the deceased Peter Wilks are impersonated by two boys | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| This character accepts the blame for tearing an anatomy textbook | Tom Sawyer |
| In this novel, Blake Andrews visits one character in prison, revealing that that character’s brother Hugh has married Lady Edith. A character in this novel uses an object that he finds in an ornamental suit of armor to crack open nuts. | The Prince and the Pauper |
| Adam, Moses, and Buddha are considered celebrities in heaven in one work by this author that also wrote a story in which cranberry farmer Sandy McWilliams answers questions about heaven from the title character. | Mark Twain |
| One character in this novel tells about his smallpox-laden family in order to gain passage onto the Walter Scott | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| One of this character’s lies is exposed after his half-brother points out the color of the thread in his collar. He exonerates a man who did not kill Dr. Robinson, a drunkard named Muff Potter. | Tom Sawyer |
| This novel’s protagonist declares himself the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main, causing his sweetheart to mourn for the andiron | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| This character erroneously claims that the first two disciples were David and Goliath | Tom Sawyer |
| In one scene, this character causes a cat to run chaotically through the house by giving it "pain-killer. | Tom Sawyer |
| In this novel, the ghost of a baby floating in a “bar’l” down a river in a storm haunts a raft of drunken soldiers | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| One character in this book imagines himself as Don Quixote during a raid on a picnic. In this novel, another character is forced to sleep with scorpions and snakes to romanticize an escape | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| This character witnesses a feud with the Shepherdsons while staying with the Grangerfords. | Huckleberry Finn |
| A recently discovered play by this man tells the tale of a painter faking his own death to make his art more valuable. In addition to Is He Dead?, this man wrote about the cranberry farmer Sandy McWilliams | Mark Twain |
| The first book he published, Innocents Abroad, discusses his journey while working as a correspondent for the San Francisco Alto California. | Mark Twain |
| This author fictionalized the lives of several historical persons in his works, such as the impoverished artist Jean-Francois Millet in Is He Dead? and Joan of Arc. | Mark Twain |
| n this work, a misunderstanding causes one character to name her child "hello central". That child becomes ill, causing great anxiety for the protagonist's wife | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| This author's works include one entitled The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg | Mart Twain |
| The narrator of this book states that the most popular character is an undertaker who hits a dog for causing a commotion | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| a town is fooled by two men who pull off the Royal Nonesuch, and those men go on to steal the property of the late Peter Wilkes | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| One of his works is about an old man with "white hair descending/in a frothy cataract" who gives a speech to conscripts about the horrors they were praying to inflict on their enemy entitled The War Prayer | Mark Twain |
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