Which author is NOT a Transcendentalist?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Washington Irving
Margaret Fuller
Henry David Thoreau spent 2 years living alone in the woods and then later wrote a book about his experience. What was the name of the woods and his book?
Walden
Blackbird Pond
Whitman Woods
Usher Forest
What was the name of the boys' English teacher in the movie, "Dead Poets Society"?
Neil Perry
John Keeting
Todd Anderson
Richard Cameron
If there are 3 waitresses with notepads, which would be the correct possessive form?
the waitresses' notebooks
the waitresses's notebooks
the waitress' notebooks
the waitress's notebooks
Who wrote the poem, "The Noiseless Patient Spider"?
Ambrose Bierce
Walt Whitman
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Edgar Allan Poe
Which of the following was NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe?
The Raven
A Rose for Emily
The Masque of the Red Death
The Fall of the House of Usher
Which gothic story involves someone being buried alive?
An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Fall of the House of Usher
A Rose for Emily
The Devil and Tom Walker
Which gothic story does NOT contain ill-fated romance?
The Birthmark
The Raven
The Masque of the Red Death
A Rose for Emily
What do you call the 12 sided shapes hanging from the ceiling? (Gothic Projects)
dodecahedron
How long was Lincoln's speech, "The Gettysburg Address"?
1 minute
5 minutes
3 minutes
2 minutes
What does "four score and seven years ago" mean?
87 years ago
27 years ago
47 years ago
7 years and 4 months ago
Who was freed by The Emancipation Proclamation?
all slaves in southern states
all slaves in rebellious states
all slaves in the United States
all slaves in border states
Which author Was an accomplished wrestler and is honored in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame?
Abraham Lincoln
Ambrose Bierce
Frederick Douglass
Stephen Crane
Who is the most photographed man of the 19th century - over 160 different portraits of this person exist?
Edgar Allan Poe
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
Frederick Douglass
This author's great-great-grandfather was a leading judge of the Salem Witch Trials, so he changed the spelling of his last name to disassociate himself from this unfortunate family history.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
William Faulkner
Thomas Putnam
Washington Irving
Which character in "The Crucible" was crushed to death with rocks?
John Proctor
Thomas Putnam
Giles Corey
Reverend Hale
