What do you know about American lit?

Question 1

What color was the famous "A" in Nathaniel Hawthorne's well known novel about Puritan America?

Accepted Answer

Scarlet

Question 2

How does Jay Gatsby die in The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

George Wilson shoots him

Question 3

Where did Henry David Thoreau stay for two years that prompted him to write 'Walden'?

Accepted Answer

A small cabin in the woods near Walden Pond

Question 4

What was the type of bird in Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem?

Accepted Answer

Raven

Question 5

Was Willa Cather a man or a woman?

Accepted Answer

Woman

Question 6

"Atticus said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes..." Who is the author?

Accepted Answer

Harper Lee

Question 7

Who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnn?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

Question 8

In 'Moby-Dick,' by Herman Melville, what is the species of whale Captain Ahab is hunting?

Accepted Answer

Sperm Whale

Question 9

In 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,' Douglass reminisces about his life as what?

Accepted Answer

A slave

Question 10

What is Dr. Seuss' real name?

Accepted Answer

Theodor Geisel

Question 11

Which animal did Jack London use a lot in his writing?

Accepted Answer

Wolf

Question 12

Which literary movement are we in now?

Accepted Answer

Postmodernism

Question 13

Which of these works by Stephen King was the first one to be published?

Accepted Answer

Carrie

Question 14

How many poems were found written by Emily Dickinson

Accepted Answer

1800

Question 15

Which of the following novels is widely considered a literary classic?

Accepted Answer

Grapes of Wrath

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