American Literature and Cultural Perspectives Quiz

Explore American literature through 17 engaging questions covering authors, novels, and cultural perspectives. How many can you answer correctly?

#1

Who is often referred to as the 'Father of American Literature'?

Mark Twain
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allan Poe
3 answered
#2

Which American author wrote the novel 'Moby-Dick'?

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain
2 answered
#3

Who wrote the influential essay 'Self-Reliance,' emphasizing individualism and nonconformity?

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
1 answered
#4

Which American poet wrote 'The Road Not Taken,' a widely celebrated poem about choices and regrets?

Robert Frost
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
1 answered
#5

Which American author, associated with the Lost Generation, wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'?

Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
William Faulkner
1 answered
#6

Which novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered a classic portrayal of the Jazz Age in America?

The Great Gatsby
Tender Is the Night
This Side of Paradise
The Beautiful and Damned
1 answered
#7

Who wrote the poem 'The Waste Land,' a landmark work in modernist poetry?

Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
T.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound
1 answered
#8

In which play by Arthur Miller do we find the character Willy Loman, a traveling salesman?

The Crucible
A View from the Bridge
Death of a Salesman
All My Sons
#9

Who wrote the short story 'The Lottery,' known for its shocking and controversial ending?

Ray Bradbury
Shirley Jackson
Flannery O'Connor
Kurt Vonnegut
#10

In which novel by Harper Lee do we find the character Atticus Finch defending Tom Robinson in a racially charged trial?

To Kill a Mockingbird
Go Set a Watchman
The Help
In Cold Blood
#11

Who is known for his satirical novels, including 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and 'Cat's Cradle'?

Kurt Vonnegut
Joseph Heller
Ray Bradbury
George Orwell
#12

In which literary movement did writers like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs play a significant role?

Transcendentalism
Beat Generation
Harlem Renaissance
Southern Gothic
#13

Who authored the novel 'Beloved,' which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988?

Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Maya Angelou
Zora Neale Hurston
#14

Which African American poet is associated with the Harlem Renaissance and wrote 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'?

Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Zora Neale Hurston
James Weldon Johnson
#15

In J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye,' what is the name of the protagonist?

Holden Caulfield
Scout Finch
Atticus Finch
Nick Carraway
#16

Which American author wrote 'The Scarlet Letter,' a novel set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts?

Mark Twain
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allan Poe
#17

In the novel 'Invisible Man,' who is the protagonist that grapples with racial identity and invisibility in society?

James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
Langston Hughes

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