American Literature Movements

Which literary movement is associated with the Great Migration?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Early America

• Romanticism

• Transcendentalism

Who is considered the leading figure of Transcendentalism?

• Emily Dickinson

• Mark Twain

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who wrote an essay titled "Nature" and started the Transcendentalist Club?

• Emily Dickinson

• Mark Twain

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

Which literary movement aimed to depict reality as it is, without idealization?

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Surrealism

• Regionalism

Which movement included the Lost Generation of writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway?

• Harlem Renaissance

• Early America

• Transcendentalist

• Modernism

Which literary movement was prevalent during the colonial and independence period in America?

• Transcendentalist movement

• Realism movement

• Enlightenment/Great Awakening movement

• Romantic movement

Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Dubois, and Marcus Garvey were prominent figures of which movement?

• Civil Rights Movement

• Harlem Renaissance

• Surrealism

• Beat Generation

Which movement is most closely related to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?

• Early America

• Romanticism

• Civil Rights Era

• Realism

Which author is known for his realistic portrayal of the Civil War in his novel The Red Badge of Courage?

• Stephen Crane

• Jane Austen

• J.K. Rowling

• Kurt Vonnegut

Which author is known for his Civil Rights Era speech "I Have a Dream"?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• James Bowie

• Langston Hughes

• Kurt Vonnegut