American Authors
Famous Works
Literary Styles
World Masterpieces
Characters & Themes
100
This author wrote “The Raven.”
Edgar Allan Poe
100
Hemingway’s novella about an old fisherman.
The Old Man and the Sea
100
The genre Poe is famous for.
Gothic fiction
100
The author of Decameron.
Giovanni Boccaccio
100
Don Quixote’s loyal companion.
Sancho Panza
200
This writer is known for surprise endings and wrote “The Gift of the Magi.”
O. Henry
200
Poe’s short story about a guilty heartbeat.
The Tell-Tale Heart
200
Hemingway’s writing method focusing on simple, direct language.
Iceberg Theory
200
The country Decameron comes from.
Italy
200
This theme contrasts dreams and reality in Don Quixote.
Illusion vs. Reality?
300
The creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain
300
Jack London’s novel about a dog surviving the Yukon.
The Call of the Wild
300
The realistic, humorous style used by Mark Twain.
American Realism (or satire)
300
The author of Don Quixote.
Miguel de Cervantes
300
In The Old Man and the Sea, the main struggle is between the fisherman and what?
The marlin / nature
400
This American novelist created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
William Faulkner
400
Faulkner’s novel famous for its stream-of-consciousness style.
The Sound and the Fury
400
Faulkner often used this narrative technique showing inner thoughts.
Stream of consciousness
400
Don Quixote believes he is this.
A knight
400
Jack London often wrote about this harsh natural setting.
Alaska / the Yukon
500
This writer explored Puritan guilt and wrote The Scarlet Letter.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
500
Hawthorne’s story about sin and punishment in a Puritan town.
The Scarlet Letter
500
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in this subgenre exploring sin and darkness.
Dark Romanticism
500
How many stories are in the Decameron?
100 stories
500
In The Scarlet Letter, the letter “A” stands for what?
Adultery