Duplicate of American Literature Trivia and more!

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Francis

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Senator John McCarthy

Question 3

The American Renaissance overlapped the _______ time period.

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 4

What celebrity did Arthur Miller marry?

Accepted Answer

Marylyn Monroe

Question 5

What is Arthur Miller's other famous play?

Accepted Answer

Death of a Salesman

Question 6

Edgar Allan Poe is a writer of which time period?

Accepted Answer

American Gothic

Question 7

What time period of American Literature are we in today?

Accepted Answer

Postmodernism, Contemporary

Question 8

Who is the narrator in The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

Nick Carraway

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

11

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Who was not a Transcendentalist writer?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Question 14

What literary period did Langston Hughes write during?

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

6

Question 16

What is Jay Gatsby's real name?

Accepted Answer

Jay Gatz

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Native American

Question 18

Edgar Allan Poe attended:

Accepted Answer

West Point

Question 19

Arthur Miller was born in which American city?

Accepted Answer

New York City, NY

Question 20

Postmodern writers often use what literary devices?

Accepted Answer

Irony, Magic Realism, Paranoia, Metafiction

Question 21

A good definition of what American Realism is:

Accepted Answer

An examination of how life really is.

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence.

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

Publishing short stories

Question 25

Arthur Miller won what award for drama?

Accepted Answer

The Pulitzer Prize

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