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1 An American Literature Syllabus
While writing the syllabus for my American Lit summer school class, I realized that all of these works would make an interesting Quizzyland quiz! Most information comes from "Literature and the Language Arts: The American Tradition." Enjoy!
Average
10 Q
MALibrarian
Jul 12 07
1053 plays
2 The Lost Generation in Paris
After World War I many American writers moved to Paris. They were known as "The Lost Generation".
Tough
10 Q
Englizzie
Jun 06 09
219 plays
3 American Authors
A quiz about famous twentieth century American novelists, dramatists and poets. I provide biographical information and some titles and you have to identify the author. Have fun.
Average
15 Q
marienbart
Jan 04 04
2208 plays
4 In the Shadows: Interesting American Women Writers
This quiz asks you to identify some American women writers whose achievements have often been misunderstood or overlooked.
Difficult
15 Q
Windswept
Aug 29 08
282 plays
5 Oklahoma Literature
Oklahoma has certainly had its share of great literary minds. In fact, almost every genre and style has visited, at least, once. Still, Oklahoma being what it is, Oklahoma literature carries a flavor and a flair unlike that written anywhere else.
Tough
10 Q
thaver
May 31 06
204 plays
6 Southern Literature Classics 2
A second quiz on poetry and prose by great Southern authors.
Difficult
15 Q
rjchief
Aug 03 03
417 plays
7 Southern Literature Classics
Test your knowledge of novels, poems, and authors from the American South, focusing primarily on the 20th Century.
Difficult
15 Q
rjchief
Jul 03 03
906 plays
8 Serious African American Literature I
This quiz will take more than High School English. See how far from the reading list you've gone.
Difficult
10 Q
brandiwyne77
Dec 30 06
375 plays
9 American Romanticism
American Romanticism was as much a spiritual movement as it was a literary one. Test your knowledge of Emerson, Whitman, and Hawthorne with this tasty little quiz!
Difficult
10 Q
gypsyqueen
Dec 18 01
804 plays
10 Great American (Anti-) War Novels
"I sing of arms and the man..."
Tough
10 Q
misshuxley
Oct 12 03
561 plays
11 Classic American Novels
This quiz deals with such classic American novelists as Herman Melville, Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck.
Tough
10 Q
flem-ish
Mar 22 02
2385 plays
12 Minnesota Authors, Illustrators and Cartoonists
This quiz highlights some of Minnesota's famous authors, illustrators and a tribute to a very special cartoonist. Some questions may prove a little difficult.(You should know who gave us Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang.
Difficult
10 Q
YOMD39
Jun 01 00
348 plays
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Last Updated Nov 21 09 5:57 AM

Some sample questions from this category:

* What play by the Minnesota playwright, August Wilson, won the Pulitzer Prize for his Drama in 1987 and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for an outstanding play?
* What resident of St. Paul, Minnesota was the author of the book, 'Caddie Woodlawn', which won the Newberry Medal for best children's book of the year?
* What famous Minnesota-born sculptor created the design for the Buffalo Head nickel coin which remained in production from 1913 to 1938?
* What Minnesota-born author was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
* What author whose family farmed near Walnut Grove, Minnesota wrote a series of 'Little House' books? Her books gained additional recognition as a result of Michael Landon's TV series called, 'Little House on the Prairie'.


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