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1. He authored two novels, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" and "Moise and the World of Reason", in addition to a handful of unremarkable short stories. More famous are his depictions of characters, overwhelmed by their surroundings, who go insane. Who was this American playwright of "The Glass Menagerie"? Tennessee Williams August Wilson Stanley Kowalski Eugene O'Neill

2. Only one novel, "Hyperion," exists in the list of works by this early American poet of "The Children's Hour" and "Evangeline." Who was this writer, also famous for "Tales of a Wayside Inn" and "The Song of Hiawatha?" Phyllis Wheatley Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Emily Dickinson William Cullen Bryant

3. A novel entitled "Franklin Evans" was one of this author's only attempts at prose. By 1855, however, he had published a poetry collection that contained the body of his life's work. Who was this American poet, most famous for "Leaves of Grass?" Henry David Thoreau Walt Whitman Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4. 1930's "Not Without Laughter," a story about the enlightenment of Sandy Williams, is probably the most well-known novel by this American poet, better known for "Let America Be America Again" and "Dream Deferred." Who was this Harlem Renaissance author? Wallace Thurman Countee Cullen Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston

5. This author's grand oeuvre includes one novel, "Focus," in addition to several short stories, but he's most famous for writing plays. Which American playwright of the 20th century described a town beset by paranoia in "The Crucible?" Neil Simon Eugene O'Neill Arthur Miller Thornton Wilder

6. In addition to the several volumes of poetry published by this author, he authored a novel, "Remembrance Rock." He's better known for writing a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Who was this poet of "Fog" and "Grass?" Robert Frost Allan Ginsberg Carl Sandburg Sidney Lanier

7. "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" was influential in its time for writers like Jules Verne, but today, it's not highly regarded in the canon of this master of the short story and poem. Who wrote that novel before penning such enduring works as "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado?" O. Henry Edgar Allan Poe Washington Irving Jack London

8. This poet's 1922 novel "The Enormous Room" preceded the release of his first published poems, "Tulips and Chimneys." He only ever wrote one more novel, probably because readers didn't enjoy sifting through entire books written without punctuation and capitalization. Who was this experimental poet? E.E. Cummings T.S. Eliot Ezra Pound William Carlos Williams

9. The title of this author's only novel is unknown because it was never published-- after writing it, he turned to drama. There, he found success, with works like "The Sandbox," and "Three Tall Women." Who is this American playwright of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" William Inge August Wilson Edward Albee Clifford Odets

10. Author of several short stories and essays, probably the only work by this author that can be considered a novel is "The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus," a fictional "biography" of the Italian. Who published his more famous works (like "Rip van Winkle") in "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon" and "Tales of the Alhambra?" James Fenimore Cooper Ambrose Bierce Washington Irving Joel Chandler Harris