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


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


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


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

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