Classic American Literature Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 12
Which author, after writing 'Moby Dick', wrote to Nathaniel Hawthorne saying, 'I have written a wicked book'?
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herman melville
Which river is the setting for the books 'Mike Fink', 'Tammy Out of Time', and 'Huckleberry Finn'?
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mississippi
Which captain meets his demise when a harpoon line wraps around his neck and drags him overboard in 'Moby Dick'?
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ahab
Which author wrote 'The Minister's Black Veil', a story that is part of his 'Twice-Told Tales'?
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nathaniel hawthorne
Who is the author of the 1855 novel 'Israel Potter' that also wrote 'Moby-Dick'?
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herman melville
In which John Steinbeck work is an object found by the fisherman Kino described as being as big as a seagull's egg?
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pearl
What is the name of the title hero in Nathanael West's 1933 story who is ultimately killed by one of his correspondents?
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miss lonelyhearts
What name completes the line 'For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful...' in an Edgar Allan Poe poem?
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annabel lee
What is the name of the James Fenimore Cooper character introduced in 'The Pioneers' who appeared in four additional books?
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natty bumppo
What tough Irish-American lead character, created by James T. Farrell, appears in three novels from the 1930s and dies at the age of 29 in the third book?
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studs lonigan
Who is the American author whose 1860 novel 'The Marble Faun' was published in England under the title 'Transformation'?
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nathaniel hawthorne
Which member of the Adams family is the subject of the classic American literature work titled 'The Education of'?
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henry adams
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