Which author is NOT a Transcendentalist?
Margaret Fuller
Henry David Thoreau
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
Usher Forest
Whitman Woods
Blackbird Pond
What was the name of the boys' English teacher in the movie, "Dead Poets Society"?
Todd Anderson
Neil Perry
Richard Cameron
John Keeting
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
Ambrose Bierce
Edgar Allan Poe
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Which of the following was NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe?
The Raven
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Masque of the Red Death
A Rose for Emily
Which gothic story involves someone being buried alive?
A Rose for Emily
An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Devil and Tom Walker
Which gothic story does NOT contain ill-fated romance?
The Masque of the Red Death
A Rose for Emily
The Birthmark
The Raven
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
3 minutes
2 minutes
1 minute
What does "four score and seven years ago" mean?
7 years and 4 months ago
87 years ago
47 years ago
27 years ago
Who was freed by The Emancipation Proclamation?
all slaves in rebellious states
all slaves in the United 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?
Stephen Crane
Abraham Lincoln
Ambrose Bierce
Frederick Douglass
Who is the most photographed man of the 19th century - over 160 different portraits of this person exist?
Edgar Allan Poe
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
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
Washington Irving
Thomas Putnam
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which character in "The Crucible" was crushed to death with rocks?
Reverend Hale
John Proctor
Giles Corey
Thomas Putnam
