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Q: What famous author nearly died after intentionally exposing himself to a friend who had measles? 

A. Mark Twain 
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson 
C. Walt Whitman 
D. Margaret Fuller

The correct answer is A. Mark Twain
When Mark Twain was 12 years old, a measles epidemic swept through his town. Feeling like a prisoner in his own house, he decided to visit his friend who was sick with measles. Mark Twain wrote about this experience in “The Turning-Point of My Life.”
 

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