Trivia Quiz – American Literature
Choose the correct answer.
What’s the title of J. D. Salinger’s most famous novel?
- The Winter of Our Discontent
- The Lord of the Flies
- Franny and Zooey
- The Catcher in the Rye
Who of the following is NOT remembered as a great American poet?
- Walt Whitman
- Emily Dickinson
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Willa Cather
What was Mark Twain’s real name?
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Mark Twain
- Samuel Clemens
- Richard Bachman
What is the name of the family in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath?
- The Joads
- The Bradys
- The Rochesters
- The Hermanns
Who is the author of As I Lay Dying?
- Truman Capote
- John Steinbeck
- Mark Twain
- William Faulkner
Who wrote The Color Purple?
- Toni Morrison
- Alice Walker
- Willa Cather
- Raymond Carver
In which state is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby set?
- New York
- California
- Texas
- Alaska
What famous beat generation writer wrote On the Road?
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Jack Kerouac
- Allen Ginsberg
- Diane di Palma