American Literature Quotes and Excerpts Quiz

Test your knowledge of American literature with these famous quotes and excerpts. Can you match the lines to their authors and works?

#1

Who wrote the famous novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Ernest Hemingway
Harper Lee
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#2

Who is the author of the poem 'The Road Not Taken'?

Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
#3

Who is the author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'?

Herman Melville
Mark Twain
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allan Poe
#4

Who is the author of 'The Old Man and the Sea'?

Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#5

Which novel begins with the line 'Call me Ishmael'?

Moby-Dick
The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
#6

In which novel is the character Holden Caulfield introduced?

The Catcher in the Rye
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of Wrath
To Kill a Mockingbird
#7

Which author wrote the line 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'?

George Orwell
Aldous Huxley
Ray Bradbury
J.D. Salinger
#8

Which novel features the character Atticus Finch?

The Grapes of Wrath
Fahrenheit 451
To Kill a Mockingbird
Brave New World
#9

In which novel would you find the character Jay Gatsby?

The Catcher in the Rye
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Of Mice and Men
#10

Who is the author of the poem 'The Raven'?

Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Edgar Allan Poe
#11

Who wrote the line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?

Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
Leo Tolstoy
#12

Who wrote the line 'It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves'?

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
William Shakespeare
William Faulkner
#13

Who wrote the line 'In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on'?

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Maya Angelou
Robert Frost
#14

Which novel begins with the line 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen'?

1984
Brave New World
Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451
#15

Who wrote the line 'Not all those who wander are lost'?

J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
J.K. Rowling
George R.R. Martin
#16

In which novel would you find the character Elizabeth Bennet?

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Emma

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