American Literature Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 14
Which American author described a home in 'You Can't Go Home Again' that is actually on 11th Street, despite writing it as being on 12th Street?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
thomas wolfe
Which American author wrote the 1829 novel 'The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish', featuring Chief Conanchet as a major character?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
james fenimore cooper
Who wrote the 'District of Columbia' trilogy and is also known for the 'U.S.A.' trilogy?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
john dos passos
Which author won the National Book Award in 1956 for his novel 'Ten North Frederick'?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
john o'hara
Which author wrote the collection of stories titled 'Mosses from an Old Manse,' considered one of the finest in American literature?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
nathaniel hawthorne
Who is the author of the first collection of stories titled 'The Troll Garden' and also wrote 'O Pioneers!'?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
willa cather
Which 1920 novel by Sinclair Lewis features the characters Carol Milford and Dr. Will Kennicott?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
main street
Who is the playwright of 'Deathtrap' who also authored the novels 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'A Kiss Before Dying'?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
ira levin
In which Washington Irving tale does he write, 'There was every hill and dale precisely as it had always been'?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
rip van winkle
Which James F. Cooper character is also known by the names Leatherstocking, Hawkeye, Long Rifle, and Deerslayer?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
natty bumppo
Who is the author of the first and last published Leatherstocking Tales, written 18 years apart?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
james fenimore cooper
Which poet's autobiography was partially reprinted in 1955 under the title "Prairie-Town Boy"?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
carl sandburg
Who is the author of the novel featuring the Key West smuggler Harry Morgan titled 'To Have And Have Not'?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
ernest hemingway
What Upton Sinclair novel concludes with the exclamation: 'Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours!'?
Hard
Click to reveal answer
jungle
Page 1 of 1