American Authors

Question 1

Who wrote ‘The Great Gatsby’?

Answer 1

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 2

What is the main theme of ‘Moby-Dick’?

Answer 2

The struggle between man and nature

Question 3

Which author is known for the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?

Answer 3

Robert Frost

Question 4

True or False: Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Fill in the blank: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was written by ______.

Answer 5

J.D. Salinger

Question 6

What genre is ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?

Answer 6

Southern Gothic

Question 7

Who is the author of ‘Beloved’?

Answer 7

Toni Morrison

Question 8

Which novel features the character Hester Prynne?

Answer 8

The Scarlet Letter

Question 9

What is the primary setting of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’?

Answer 9

The Great Depression

Question 10

Who wrote ‘The Sound and the Fury’?

Answer 10

William Faulkner

Question 11

True or False: Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for ‘The Old Man and the Sea’.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What is the central conflict in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?

Answer 12

Huck’s struggle against societal norms

Question 13

Which author is associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

Answer 13

Langston Hughes

Question 14

Fill in the blank: ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ was written by ______.

Answer 14

Zora Neale Hurston

Question 15

Who wrote ‘The Bell Jar’?

Answer 15

Sylvia Plath

Question 16

What is the main focus of ‘Fahrenheit 451’?

Answer 16

Censorship and the suppression of ideas

Question 17

Which author is known for the short story ‘The Lottery’?

Answer 17

Shirley Jackson

Question 18

Who wrote ‘The Age of Innocence’?

Answer 18

Edith Wharton

Question 19

True or False: Walt Whitman is known for his collection ‘Leaves of Grass’.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What is the title of the poem that begins with ‘Because I could not stop for Death’?

Answer 20

Because I could not stop for Death

Question 21

Who is the author of ‘Invisible Man’?

Answer 21

Ralph Ellison

Question 22

Which novel is set during the American Civil War and follows the life of a young girl?

Answer 22

Little Women

Question 23

Fill in the blank: ‘The Crucible’ was written by ______.

Answer 23

Arthur Miller

Question 24

Who wrote ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’?

Answer 24

Kurt Vonnegut

Question 25

What is the main subject of ‘The Color Purple’?

Answer 25

The lives of African American women in the early 20th century

Question 26

Who is the author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?

Answer 26

J.D. Salinger

Question 27

True or False: ‘The Road’ is a novel by Cormac McCarthy.

Answer 27

True