1. In Walden, who urges people to simplify their lives and look to nature for meaning?
A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman
C. Henry David Thoreau D. Herman Melville
2. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is an example of naturalist fiction. Who wrote it?
A. Stephen Crane B. Edith Wharton
C. Edgar Allan Poe D. Eugene Debs
3. Black Boy is an autobiographical account of whose Southern boyhood?
A. Thomas Pynchon B. Richard Wright
C. John Dos Passos D. Saul Bellow
4. Who wrote Spoon River Anthology?
A. Edgar Lee Masters B. Robert Lowell
C. Anne Sexton D. Langston Hughes
5. Which of Upton Sinclair’s books is about the meat-packing industry?
A. Main Street B. Arrowsmith
C. Elmer Gantry D. The Jungle
6. Vladimir Nabokov moved to the United States from where?
A. Poland B. Hungary C. Russia D. Cuba
7. The writer of Common Sense died in poverty. Who was he?
A. Thomas Paine B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Jack London D. Henry James
8. Which of the following writers was a leading member of the Harlem Renaissance?
A. Allen Ginsberg
B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
C. Langston Hughes D. Louisa May Alcott
9. The Scarlet Letter is set where?
A. England during World War II
B. Paris during the French Revolution
C. the Middle Ages in Italy
D. Puritan America
10. Who is the narrator in The Great Gatsby?
A. Elmer Gantry B. Nick Carraway
C. Ethan Frome D. Mick Smith
11. Which American writer won the Nobel Prize in 1930?
A. Sinclair Lewis B. Upton Sinclair
C. John Steinbeck D. Raymond Chandler
12. Who used lowercase letters in his poetry?
A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman
C. E. E. Cummings D. Bret Harte
13. Which author wrote ‘The Hotel New Hampshire’?
A. Ernest Hemingway B. Garrison Keillor
C. John Steinbeck D. John Irving
14. Who wrote ‘The Naked and the Dead’?
A. Norman Mailer B. James Jones
C. John Irving D. F Scott Fitzgerald
15. Who wrote ‘Sons and Lovers’?
A. John Galsworthy B. Charles Dickens
C. Thomas Hardy D. D. H. Lawrence
Answer :
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
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