Analyzing Literary Elements in Modern American Literature Quiz

Test your knowledge on American literature with questions on authors, symbols, and themes. From Fitzgerald to Salinger, explore the depths of literary analysis.

#1

Which literary device is used in the following sentence: 'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.'?

Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
#2

Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

J.D. Salinger
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mark Twain
#3

In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' what is Atticus Finch's profession?

Lawyer
Doctor
Teacher
Farmer
#4

Who wrote the poem 'The Waste Land'?

T.S. Eliot
Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
Sylvia Plath
#5

Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?

Arthur Miller
Tennessee Williams
Eugene O'Neill
Samuel Beckett
#6

In 'The Great Gatsby,' what does the green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolize?

Hope and the future
Wealth and prosperity
Death and decay
Isolation and loneliness
#7

Which of the following novels is NOT written by Toni Morrison?

Beloved
The Bluest Eye
Song of Solomon
The Color Purple
#8

Which of the following is NOT a theme in 'The Grapes of Wrath'?

Survival
Family
Justice
Romance
#9

Who is the author of 'The Sun Also Rises'?

F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
#10

Who wrote 'The Bell Jar'?

Sylvia Plath
Virginia Woolf
Margaret Atwood
Toni Morrison
#11

Who is the protagonist of 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison?

Bigger Thomas
Huck Finn
Jay Gatsby
The Invisible Man (unnamed)
#12

In 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' what river do Huck and Jim travel down?

Mississippi River
Amazon River
Nile River
Hudson River
#13

Who is the author of the short story 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'?

Flannery O'Connor
Edgar Allan Poe
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
#14

Which literary movement is characterized by its focus on disillusionment and loss of faith after World War I?

Modernism
Postmodernism
Naturalism
Romanticism
#15

Who is the author of 'The House on Mango Street'?

Sandra Cisneros
Julia Alvarez
Gabriel García Márquez
Isabel Allende

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