Which author is NOT a Transcendentalist?
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
Washington Irving
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Whitman Woods
Blackbird Pond
Usher Forest
What was the name of the boys' English teacher in the movie, "Dead Poets Society"?
Todd Anderson
Neil Perry
John Keeting
Richard Cameron
If there are 3 waitresses with notepads, which would be the correct possessive form?
the waitresses's notebooks
the waitresses' notebooks
the waitress's notebooks
the waitress' notebooks
Who wrote the poem, "The Noiseless Patient Spider"?
Walt Whitman
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ambrose Bierce
Edgar Allan Poe
Which of the following was NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe?
The Masque of the Red Death
The Fall of the House of Usher
A Rose for Emily
The Raven
Which gothic story involves someone being buried alive?
An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
A Rose for Emily
The Devil and Tom Walker
The Fall of the House of Usher
Which gothic story does NOT contain ill-fated romance?
The Raven
A Rose for Emily
The Masque of the Red Death
The Birthmark
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
2 minutes
5 minutes
3 minutes
What does "four score and seven years ago" mean?
47 years ago
87 years ago
27 years ago
7 years and 4 months ago
Who was freed by The Emancipation Proclamation?
all slaves in the United States
all slaves in rebellious states
all slaves in border states
all slaves in southern states
Which author Was an accomplished wrestler and is honored in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame?
Ambrose Bierce
Frederick Douglass
Stephen Crane
Abraham Lincoln
Who is the most photographed man of the 19th century - over 160 different portraits of this person exist?
Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain
Abraham Lincoln
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.
Washington Irving
Thomas Putnam
William Faulkner
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which character in "The Crucible" was crushed to death with rocks?
Thomas Putnam
John Proctor
Reverend Hale
Giles Corey
