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Who is known as the “Father of American Literature”?
Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Nathaniel Hawthorne
2
Toni Morrison wrote Harry Potter
True
False
3
Which American writer is considered the originator of the modern detective story?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain
Herman Melville
4
The story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer takes place along the Mississippi River.
False
True
5
Early American literature began around the 1600s.
True
False
6
Who wrote the first book released by a major publisher to portray Orthodox Judaism in the United States?
Chaim Potok
Saul Bellow
Thomas Pynchon
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Which writer helped create the local-colour school in American fiction?
Edward Eggleston
Bret Harte
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sam Lawson
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Can you guess which book this cover belongs to?
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
Little Women
The Girls
Summer Sisters
9
The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved are novels by Ernest Hemingway
True
False
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Do you enjoy this quiz?
False
True
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Can you guess the classic American tragedy from these emojis? 💑🏰🌹⚔️💔🧪🌹
Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
12
Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens.
True
False
13
What is the main genre of American literature?
Fiction and nonfiction
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
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Independence, individualism, freedom, nationalism, and slavery are the main ideas of American literature!
False
True
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Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mark Twain
William Shakespeare
J. D. Salinger
