American Literature Trivia Questions
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Which American author based the storytelling characters in the book 'Tales of a Wayside Inn' on real people?
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henry wadsworth longfellow
Which Canadian-born author, who wrote the novel 'Herzog', won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976?
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saul bellow
What is the title of the Longfellow poem that features Manabozho, an Ojibwa hero?
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hiawatha
In what book does Jody learn that 'Love's got nothing to do with corn' after he kills his fawn?
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yearling
Who published 'Flappers and Philosophers', his first book of short stories, in 1920, the year he married Zelda?
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f. scott fitzgerald
Which American poet wrote the nearly 1,500-line long 'Song of Myself' celebrating himself?
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walt whitman
Who wrote 'The Masque of the Red Death' while working as an editor for Graham's Magazine?
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edgar allan poe
Who was dubbed the 'Moth of Amherst' and is probably America's best known 19th-century female poet?
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emily dickinson
In American literature, what is the name of the series of tales that begins with 'The Deerslayer' in sequence, even though it was the last to be written?
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leatherstocking tales
Which American author wrote the novel 'The Pathfinder,' subtitled 'The Inland Sea'?
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james fenimore cooper
Which poet, known for writing 'Howl', released a CD titled 'The Ballad of the Skeletons' in 1996?
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allen ginsberg
Who was the author whose only published novel was 'Gone with the Wind'?
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margaret mitchell
In which state does the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' begin?
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oklahoma
Who published her first book of poetry, 'April Twilights', in 1903, 10 years before 'O Pioneers!'?
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willa cather
In which Ayn Rand novel is the conceited architect believed to be modeled after Frank Lloyd Wright?
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fountainhead
Which 1854 work by Thoreau is subtitled 'Or Life in the Woods'?
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walden
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