American Renaissance Literature Quiz

Which literary period is also known as the Romantic era or the age of transcendentalism?

• Colonial era

• Victorian era

• Enlightenment era

• American Renaissance

Who is known for writing the famous work 'Walden'?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Walt Whitman

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Henry David Thoreau

Which movement emphasized the importance of subjectivity, emotions, and individualism?

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Modernism

• Naturalism

Who is known for writing imaginative and expressive poems and short stories, often with gothic and horror elements?

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Walt Whitman

• Henry David Thoreau

Which writer is associated with the belief in the unity of all creation and the goodness of man?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Herman Melville

• Edgar Allen Poe

Who is known for his belief in civil disobedience and wrote the influential essay 'Resistance to Civil Government'?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Walt Whitman

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

Which writer is known for creating the literary genre of detective fiction?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Walt Whitman

Which writer is known for incorporating metaphors taken from nature and reflections in his works?

• Walt Whitman

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Edgar Allen Poe

Which writer emphasized independence and self-reliance in his book 'Walden'?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Herman Melville

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

Which movement focused on emotion and individualism, as seen in the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Henry David Thoreau?

• Romanticism

• Modernism

• Realism

• Naturalism