literature medium Fill in the Blank

The American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by his pen name ________.

  1. O. Henry
  2. Mark Twain
  3. Lewis Carroll
  4. George Orwell

Answer: Mark Twain

Samuel Clemens adopted the pen name Mark Twain, a riverboat term meaning 'two fathoms deep' (safe water), before publishing his early stories.

Topic Authors - Pen Names
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