American Literature Trivia and more!

Question 1

What celebrity did Arthur Miller marry?

Accepted Answer

Marylyn Monroe

Question 2

Which of these periods is characterized by oral traditions, epic poems, songs, and poetry?

Accepted Answer

Native American

Question 3

Who was the "Abigail Williams" of the Red Scare in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Senator John McCarthy

Question 4

What does the F stand for in F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Accepted Answer

Francis

Question 5

Postmodern writers often use what literary devices?

Accepted Answer

Metafiction, Magic Realism, Paranoia, Irony

Question 6

What is Jay Gatsby's real name?

Accepted Answer

Jay Gatz

Question 7

Edgar Allan Poe is a writer of which time period?

Accepted Answer

American Gothic

Question 8

Who was not a Transcendentalist writer?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Question 9

True or false: Author Ray Bradbury is a descendent of one of the Salem "witches."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Who is the narrator in The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

Nick Carraway

Question 11

Arthur Miller won what award for drama?

Accepted Answer

The Pulitzer Prize

Question 12

A good definition of what American Realism is:

Accepted Answer

An examination of how life really is.

Question 13

True or False: Louisa May Alcott is a writer of the Transcendentalism time period?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Where did many Modernist writers spend their time after World War 1?

Accepted Answer

Paris

Question 15

Fitzgerald, although an established novelist, made most of his money by?

Accepted Answer

Publishing short stories

Question 16

True or False: American Gothic writers used dark supernatural themes and settings?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of these periods focuses on self-reliance and individualism?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 18

During the Revolutionary time period, what great document was written?

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence.

Question 19

What literary period did Langston Hughes write during?

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 20

In The Crucible, Abigail's age is 17, but in real life she was how old?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 21

This part of the clip is an allusion to...

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 22

What war did Henry David Thoreau disagree with so much that he didn’t pay taxes?

Accepted Answer

Mexican-American War

Question 23

Arthur Miller was born in which American city?

Accepted Answer

New York City, NY

Question 24

Edgar Allan Poe attended:

Accepted Answer

West Point

Question 25

This part of the clip is an allusion to...

Accepted Answer

The Scarlet Letter

Question 26

The American Renaissance overlapped the _______ time period.

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 27

Key West is home to many "Hemingway Cats," polydactyl cats that have _ toes.

Accepted Answer

6

Question 28

True or False: Most Puritan literature is in the form of diaries and historical accounts?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What time period of American Literature are we in today?

Accepted Answer

Postmodernism, Contemporary

Question 30

What is Arthur Miller's other famous play?

Accepted Answer

Death of a Salesman

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