1950 American Literature

Who is the protagonist in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart?

• The old man

• The servant

• The police officer

• The Headless Horseman

In The Scarlet Letter, who is the father of Hester Prynne’s child, Pearl?

• Arthur Dimmesdale

• Roger Chillingworth

• John Winthrop

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

In The Last of the Mohicans, which Native American tribe is represented by the character Uncas?

• Apache

• Iroquois

• Mohican

• Cherokee

Where does the majority of Walden by Henry David Thoreau take place?

• The woods of Concord, Massachusetts

• The shores of the Hudson River

• The streets of Boston

• The Rocky Mountains

Which character in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is described as a schoolteacher who is easily frightened?

• Ichabod Crane

• Brom Bones

• Katrina Van Tassel

• Rip Van Winkle

In Self-Reliance, who is the author who advocates for individualism and self-trust?

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Walt Whitman

• Edgar Allan Poe

In Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant, what is the natural setting where the speaker finds comfort about death?

• A graveyard at night

• The woods and valleys

• A mountaintop

• A quiet riverside

What historical event is central to the backdrop of The Last of the Mohicans?

• The Civil War

• The American Revolution

• The French and Indian War

• The War of 1812

In Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson, what is symbolized by the bird?

• Death

• Hope

• Freedom

• Love

In Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, what does Whitman primarily celebrate?

• The beauty of nature

• The individual’s connection to the divine

• The diversity of human experience

• The stability of society