Quiz on James Fenimore Cooper

What major theme is captured in James Fenimore Cooper’s writings?

• Urban life and industrialization

• Frontier America and Native Americans

• European monarchies

• Modern technological advancements

Where was James Fenimore Cooper born and raised?

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Cooperstown, New York

• Albany, New York

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

What was James Fenimore Cooper’s first successful novel?

• Persecution

• The Last of the Mohicans

• The Spy

• A Letter to His Countrymen

In which country did Cooper serve as a U.S. Consul?

• England

• Germany

• France

• Italy

What aspect of American culture did Cooper criticize in his book "A Letter to His Countrymen"?

• Democracy and wealth

• Religion

• American cuisine

• Sports

Henry David Thoreau’s famous book *Walden* is about his experience of living in a small cabin near which location?

• Hudson River

• Walden Pond

• Niagara Falls

• Yellowstone

Which philosophy did Thoreau’s work, particularly *Walden*, help popularize?

• Realism

• Gothic fiction

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

In his essay *Civil Disobedience*, what did Thoreau argue individuals should follow?

• Laws of society

• Religious teachings

• Their own conscience

• Government leaders

Who was an abolitionist that Thoreau defended in his speech "A Plea for Capt. John Brown"?

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sojourner Truth

Which famous genre is Edgar Allan Poe credited with creating?

• Science fiction

• Western

• Detective fiction

• Historical fiction