Mark Twain
The novel is set along the Mississippi River. This topic is part of Literature within Literature. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Mark Twain trivia questions
Which Twain novel follows a boy traveling down the Mississippi River with Jim?
Answer: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Bonus fact: The novel is set along the Mississippi River.
The term 'mark twain' originally came from what profession?
Answer: Riverboat navigation
Bonus fact: It was a depth call meaning two fathoms.
Mark Twain was the pen name of which writer?
Answer: Samuel Clemens
Bonus fact: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in London in 1884 and in the United States in 1885.
What is the name of the poor London boy who exchanges identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper?
Answer: Tom Canty
Bonus fact: The novel was first published in 1881.
What was Mark Twain’s birth name?
Answer: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Bonus fact: Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835 and grew up in nearby Hannibal.
"Big River" is a musical adaptation of which Mark Twain novel?
Answer: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Bonus fact: The musical follows Huck and Jim as they travel down the Mississippi River.
Who wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Answer: Mark Twain
Bonus fact: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens.
Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
Answer: Mark Twain
Bonus fact: Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens.
What is the name of the 19th-century engineer transported to Arthurian England in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?
Answer: Hank Morgan
Bonus fact: The Mark Twain novel was published in 1889.