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American Literature Quizzes, Questions & Answers

Thomas Paine, Edgar Alan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, etc. These are just a few of the great names of American Literature.

Who was the author of “The Catcher in the rye”? Who wrote “The Grapes of Wrath”? Which one of Mark Twain’s novels is called “The Great American” novel? Which one is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous novel? Which genre is Edgar Alan Poe considered to have invented? All those reading assignments in high-school are about to pay off now with our American Literature trivia. Take the quiz, answer all of the questions and create another memorable work of art. Fame and fortune are very close. Can you deliver?

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.Literature is an important aspect of human life. Literature is what makes us better to understand this world and society around us. This is an American literature trivia quiz, where you have to answer questions related to...

Questions: 20  |  Attempts: 1020   |  Last updated: Mar 21, 2023

American literature is literature predominantly written or produced in English in the United States of America and its preceding colonies. Before the founding of the United States, the Thirteen Colonies...

Questions: 13  |  Attempts: 921   |  Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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    Who wrote Mending wall?
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Advanced Placement and American Literature classes need to take this quiz by Friday, January 15, 2009.  You may use your notes from class presentations.  All questions are based on the presentations of your...

Questions: 7  |  Attempts: 11625   |  Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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    A good definition of American Realism is:
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Are you reading for an American literature and composition EOC test? The trivia quiz below is designed to help you test out what you know about the different literature works written in America, the writers behind them, and what...

Questions: 13  |  Attempts: 3940   |  Last updated: Jul 27, 2023
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    What does the last line of the excerpt reveal about the narrator’s point of view?
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Test ye knowledge about the terms, periods and movements in the history of American literature.

Questions: 9  |  Attempts: 230   |  Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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    Who is NOT considered to be a representative of the Southern Renaissance?
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