What important action did Samuel Clemens take relating to his pseudonym?
	He officially changed his name to Twain. He refused to explain the origins of the name. He trademarked the name. He refused to answer to Clemens.
	Twain was among the very first American authors to use what invention?
	The ballpoint pen The typewriter The telephone Carbon copy paper
	What famous author was a neighbor of Twain's in Hartford, Connecticut?
	Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Louisa May Alcott, author of LITTLE WOMEN Henry James, author of PORTRAIT OF A LADY Helen Hunt Jackson, author of RAMONA
	Which of his books was the most popular during Twain's lifetime?
	THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
	What list do Twain's THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER rank high on?
	They are among the most assigned texts in U.S. classrooms. They have elicited more abridgements and study aids than most other titles by American authors. They have spawned more TV and movie versions than any other 19th-century novels. They are on the American Library Association's list of the top fifty most banned books in America.
	Which is not a quotation from Mark Twain?
	Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest. Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.
	What phenomenon marked the birth and death of Mark Twain?
	The eruption of the Krakatoa volcano The appearance of Halley's Comet Severe flooding in Johnstown, PA The assassination of an American president

Additional sources and further information: THE OXFORD COMPANION TO MARK TWAIN; Mark Twain on pbs.org.