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