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1.What brought rise to the "literary" short story?
A.verse tales from the Middle Ages
B.the printing press
C.the phenomenon of magazine publishing
D.Egyptian papyri


2.According to Oates, what marked the declining interest in old fairy tales and ballads?
A.new teachings from the Roman Catholic Church
B.new scientific discoveries that stressed logical thinking
C.the spirit of the Renaissance
D.the rise in literacy


3.What made Twain's work's so accessible in America?
A.a new form of the printing press
B.a great increase in the number of book publishers
C.mass-market newspapers and subscription book sales
D.the widespread use of the telegraph


4.According to Oates, Twain is the American counterpart to what other writer?
A.Boccaccio
B.Dickens
C.Edgar Allan Poe
D.Chaucer

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