American Authors Flashcards

(27 cards)

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Who wrote ‘The Great Gatsby’?

A

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

A

The struggle between man and nature

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

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Robert Frost

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

A

True

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

A

J.D. Salinger

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What genre is ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?

A

Southern Gothic

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Who is the author of ‘Beloved’?

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Toni Morrison

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Which novel features the character Hester Prynne?

A

The Scarlet Letter

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

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The Great Depression

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Who wrote ‘The Sound and the Fury’?

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William Faulkner

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

A

True

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

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Huck’s struggle against societal norms

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Which author is associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

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Langston Hughes

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

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Zora Neale Hurston

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Who wrote ‘The Bell Jar’?

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Sylvia Plath

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What is the main focus of ‘Fahrenheit 451’?

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Censorship and the suppression of ideas

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

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Shirley Jackson

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Who wrote ‘The Age of Innocence’?

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Edith Wharton

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

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

A

Because I could not stop for Death

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Who is the author of ‘Invisible Man’?

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Ralph Ellison

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

23
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Fill in the blank: ‘The Crucible’ was written by ______.

A

Arthur Miller

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Who wrote ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’?

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Kurt Vonnegut

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What is the main subject of 'The Color Purple'?
The lives of African American women in the early 20th century
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Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
J.D. Salinger
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True or False: 'The Road' is a novel by Cormac McCarthy.
True