A) Dictated rather than written directly B) Written entirely by hand C) Typed on a typewriter D) Recorded as audio tapes
A) In 1899 B) In 1870 C) In 1906 D) In 1910
A) Over 100 B) 50-60 C) 30-40 D) 10-20
A) To avoid controversial topics B) To focus solely on his childhood C) To talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment D) To write in chronological order
A) Clara Clemens, his surviving daughter B) The Mark Twain Project C) Bernard DeVoto D) Albert Bigelow Paine
A) The New York Public Library B) Harvard University Library C) Library of Congress D) Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley
A) Publishing his autobiography immediately B) Creating a series of lectures C) A work that would be unpublished for a century D) Writing a new novel
A) To outline a century-long plan for publications B) To prevent any publication of his work C) To publish immediately after his death D) To compile his works into one volume
A) Charles Neider B) Bernard DeVoto C) Michael Kiskis D) Albert Bigelow Paine
A) 2010 B) 1940 C) 1924 D) 1959
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) Five
A) Transcripts of autobiographical dictations and introductory material B) Chapters from My Autobiography C) Letters from the Earth D) Only the Ashcroft-Lyon Manuscript
A) His sorrow over the death of his youngest daughter and loss of incentive to write B) His plans for another autobiography C) His decision to publish immediately D) His excitement about future projects
A) Accusations of embezzlement against Isabel Lyon and Ralph Ashcroft B) A letter to his family C) Twain's childhood memories D) His travels around the world
A) The text was incomplete and thus not eligible B) It was never officially published C) It was published on microfilm in 2001, extending its copyright D) Twain's will prohibited it from entering the public domain
A) Michael Kiskis B) David Bollier C) Bernard DeVoto D) Albert Bigelow Paine |