American Authors Trivia Questions
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Who was the American author whose father, Lyman Beecher, was a Congregationalist minister in Litchfield, Connecticut?
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harriet beecher stowe
Whose 1949 novel 'The God-Seeker' and another novel 'Main Street' are both set in Minnesota?
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sinclair lewis
Who is the author of the 1843 scary stories 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and 'The Black Cat'?
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edgar allan poe
In which city on the Mississippi River did Mark Twain grow up, despite being born in Florida, Missouri?
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hannibal
Which famous author was taught how to pilot a riverboat by Horace Bixby, who was nicknamed 'The Lightning Pilot'?
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mark twain
Which author of 'Tobacco Road' has a museum dedicated to him in Moreland, Georgia?
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erskine caldwell
Which American author wrote 'The Bells' and 'Annabel Lee' at his farmhouse in the Bronx?
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edgar allan poe
Which American author used his experience on a seal hunting ship in the Arctic as the basis for 'The Sea Wolf'?
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jack london
Which author wrote the famous play that American composer Robert Ward adapted into a 1961 opera titled 'The Crucible'?
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arthur miller
Which American author won a newspaper contest in 1833 for his story 'MS. Found in a Bottle'?
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edgar allan poe
Which author wrote the 'U.S.A.' trilogy, which features 'newsreels' composed of headlines and catchphrases?
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john dos passos
Who wrote the 1952 novel 'The Natural'?
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bernard malamud
Who is the author of 'A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus' and 'A History of New York'?
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washington irving
Which American woman novelist, known as a 'Giant' among her peers, co-wrote the play 'Stage Door' with George S. Kaufman?
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edna ferber
Which author, celebrated in August 1996 in Cross Creek, Florida and nearby Micanopy, was born 100 years prior?
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marjorie kinnan rawlings
Which American author wrote the story 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber', first published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1936?
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ernest hemingway
In which state did Thomas Wolfe, who was born in 1900, enter university at the age of 15?
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north carolina
Which writer, born in 1891, is frequently banned for his works containing sexual content?
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henry miller
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