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Who wrote the short story Rip Van Winkle?
Washington Irving
Which 19th-century poet wrote Leaves of the Grass?
Walt Whitman
Which river in North America is the setting for the novel Huckleberry Finn?
the Mississippi River
What is the name of the book that deals with the lives of two migrant workers?
Of Mice and Men
Who is famous for compiling the first American dictionary?
Noah Webster
Various Native American tribes had different stories. How were these stories documented?
oral storytelling passed down through the generations
Which American writer is considered the originator of the modern detective story?
E. A. Poe
What is the name of the dog, the main character of "Call of the Wild", by Jack London?
Buck
John Steinbeck´s "Of Mice and Men" takes its title from a poem by which famous poet.
Robert Burns
Who coined the theory of omission?
Ernest Hemingway
What is an invaluable historical document because it is an eyewitness account of the Puritan's journey to the New World and their early years in the colony?
Of Plymouth Plantation
In Nathaniel Hawthorne´s "The Scarlet Letter", what does the letter "A" stand for?
Adultery
Name one Regionalist writer
H.B. Stowe
Mark Twain
Who coined the phrase "the Lost Generation"?
Gertrude Stein
Who adopted the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon as a tribute to the first great English writer?
Washington Irving
Where can you read about weather forecasts, calendars, household hints, puzzles, clever sayings and games?
Poor Richard's Almanack
Who is a poet known for an unconventional style of poetry, whose work was recognized only after their death?
Emily Dickinson
Who is the author of the first American fairy tale?
F.L. Baum
What is the main theme of The Great Gatsby?
the American Dream
Where did C. Auguste Dupin, a fictional book character created by E.A. Poe first appeare?
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Who is known as "American Walter Scott?
J.F. Cooper
Who was interested in life in the wilderness and among the native inhabitants? He was the country´s first popular novelist and in Europe, he became known as "the American Walter Scott".
J.F. Cooper
Whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
Mark Twain
Who used a stream of consciousness in his writing?
William Faulkner
Name one author who wrote about slavery:
H.B. Stowe
Mark Twain