American Literature Quiz
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Match the following literary works with their authors:

Walden = Thoreau My Bondage and My Freedom = Douglass Usher = Allen Poe A Slave Girl = Jacobs

Match the following literary works with their authors:

One's Self I Sing = Whitman I Hear America Sing = Whitman A Little Madness in Spring = Emily Dickinson The Jumping Frog = Mark Twain

Match the following literary works with their authors:

The Hollow Men = Eliot Old Man at the Bridge = Hemingway Man Will Prevail = Faulkner Theme for English B = Hughes

Match the following literary works with their authors:

<p>Lady Lazarus = Sylvia Plath Poetry is Not a Luxury = Audre Lorde No Name Woman = Maxine Hong Kingston Maggie = Stephen Crane</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following literary works with their authors:

<p>The Brain is Wider than the Sky = Emily Dickinson The Soul Selects Its Own Society = Emily Dickinson The Jumping Frog = Mark Twain One's Self I Sing = Whitman</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

American Literary Works

  • "Walden" is a work by Henry David Thoreau
  • "My Bondage and My Freedom" is a work by Frederick Douglass
  • "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a work by Harriet Jacobs

American Poetry

  • "Usher" is a work by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "One's Self I Sing" and "I Hear America Sing" are poems by Walt Whitman
  • "A Little Madness in Spring", "The Brain is Wider than the Sky", and "The Soul Selects Its Own Society" are poems by Emily Dickinson

American Short Stories

  • "The Jumping Frog" is a short story by Mark Twain
  • "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is a novella by Stephen Crane

20th Century American Literature

  • "The Hollow Men" is a poem by T.S. Eliot
  • "Old Man at the Bridge" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway
  • "Man Will Prevail" is a work by William Faulkner
  • "Theme for English B" is a poem by Langston Hughes
  • "Lady Lazarus" is a poem by Sylvia Plath
  • "Poetry is Not a Luxury" is an essay by Audre Lorde
  • "No Name Woman" is a chapter from "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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Test your knowledge of American literature with this quiz featuring famous works and authors, including Thoreau, Douglass, Poe, and more.

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