Pulitzer Prize winners
Drama
Colonial authors
Poetry
Pulitzer Prize winners
100

Wrote The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Who is Thornton Wilder?

100

He has the greatest number of Pulitzer Prizes for Drama (4). 

Who is Eugene O'Neill?

100

She wrote during the Puritanism time period and wrote The Tenth Muse: Lately Sprung up in America. 

Who is Anne Bradstreet? 

100

This poem by T.S. Eliot opens with "April is the cruellest month..." 

What is the Waste Land? 

100

Geraldine Brooks retells the story of Little Women through the lens of the absent father. 

What is March? 

200

She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize with The Age of Innocence. 

Who is Edith Wharton? 

200
A Moon for the Misbegotten is its sequel. 

What is Long Day's Journey into Night?

200

Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to encourage the Colonists to join the American revolution. 

What is American Crisis #1? 

200

He wrote "Huswifery."

Who is Edward Taylor?

200

She was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize with the book Annie Allen.

Who is Gwendolyn Brooks? 

300

He won two Pulitzer Prizes one of which was  A Fable. 

Who is Faulkner?  

Bonus if you know the other book.

300

This play was revived as The Matchmaker and as Hello Dolly! 

What is the Merchant of Yonkers? 

300

He wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls." 

Who is Thomas Paine? 

300

A metaphysical poet who penned "To His Coy Mistress" 

Who is Andrew Marvell?

300

She was raised in a missionary home in China which is where she derived inspiration for her Pulitzer-Prize winning book. 

Who is Pearl S. Buck? 

Bonus if you can name the book. 

400

He wrote the Rabbit series. 

Who is Updike? 

Bonus if you can name them all. 

400

Neil Simon wrote Brighton Beach Memoirs as a part of a trilogy. 

What is the Eugene Trilogy?

 Bonus if you know the other two plays. 

400

This author who is a famous son wrote Magnalia Christi Americana. 

Who is Cotton Mather?

Bonus if you know who his father is. 

400

He wrote the epic poem Evangeline about an Arcadian girl. 

Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? 

400

He won the first Pulitzer Prize winner Arrowsmith. 

Who is Sinclair Lewis? 

500

He won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction with The Nickle Boys. 

Who is Colson Whitehead? 

500

The title of Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes derived from this book of the bible. 

What is the Song of Solomon? 

Song of Solomon 2:15

500

The Leatherstocking Tale that is set during the French and Indian war and pits Huron chief Magua against Natty Bumpo. 

What is the Last of the Mohicans? 
500

Colonial poet who wrote "To My Dear and Loving Husband."

Who is Anne Bradstreet? 

Bonus for the other poem she is best known for. 

500

He won his first of two Pulitzer-Prizes with Underground Railroad. 

Who is Colson Whitehead?

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