US Culture MCQs

American Literature Classics MCQs with Answer

Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
a) Mark Twain
b) Harper Lee
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) J.D. Salinger
Answer: b) Harper Lee

Which novel features the character Jay Gatsby?
a) The Great Gatsby
b) Catcher in the Rye
c) The Scarlet Letter
d) Moby-Dick
Answer: a) The Great Gatsby

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is written by:
a) Harper Lee
b) Mark Twain
c) William Faulkner
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: b) Mark Twain

Who wrote the novel “The Catcher in the Rye”?
a) J.D. Salinger
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) Herman Melville
Answer: a) J.D. Salinger

“To whom it may concern” is the opening line of which classic novel?
a) Moby-Dick
b) The Great Gatsby
c) The Grapes of Wrath
d) The Scarlet Letter
Answer: c) The Grapes of Wrath

Which American author wrote “The Scarlet Letter?
a) Nathaniel Hawthorne
b) Edgar Allan Poe
c) Emily Dickinson
d) Walt Whitman
Answer: a) Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Fahrenheit 451” is a dystopian novel written by:
a) Ray Bradbury
b) George Orwell
c) Aldous Huxley
d) Margaret Atwood
Answer: a) Ray Bradbury

Which novel features the character Atticus Finch?
a) The Catcher in the Rye
b) To Kill a Mockingbird
c) The Great Gatsby
d) Of Mice and Men
Answer: b) To Kill a Mockingbird

“The Old Man and the Sea” is written by:
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) John Steinbeck
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: a) Ernest Hemingway

Who wrote the classic novel “Moby-Dick”?
a) Edgar Allan Poe
b) Herman Melville
c) Henry James
d) Walt Whitman
Answer: b) Herman Melville

Which novel explores the theme of racism in the American South?
a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
b) Native Son
c) The Grapes of Wrath
d) A Streetcar Named Desire
Answer: a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

“The Great Gatsby” is set in the fictional town of:
a) West Egg
b) East Egg
c) Long Island
d) New York City
Answer: b) East Egg

Who is the author of “The Grapes of Wrath?
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) John Steinbeck
c) Nathaniel Hawthorne
d) Edgar Allan Poe
Answer: b) John Steinbeck

“Beloved” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by:
a) Maya Angelou
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Toni Morrison
d) Alice Walker
Answer: c) Toni Morrison

The novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is authored by:
a) Mark Twain
b) J.D. Salinger
c) Harper Lee
d) Ray Bradbury
Answer: a) Mark Twain

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” is a classic novel written by:
a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
b) Jorge Luis Borges
c) Isabel Allende
d) Julio Cortazar
Answer: a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“The Old Man and the Sea” is set in which country?
a) Spain
b) Cuba
c) Mexico
d) Italy
Answer: b) Cuba

Who is the author of “The Color Purple”?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Maya Angelou
c) Alice Walker
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: c) Alice Walker

Which classic novel explores the life of a young African American girl in the early 20th century?
a) Their Eyes Were Watching God
b) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
c) Beloved
d) The Color Purple
Answer: b) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The novel “The Sun Also Rises” is written by:
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) John Steinbeck
d) Langston Hughes
Answer: b) Ernest Hemingway

Who is the author of “A Streetcar Named Desire”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Eugene O’Neill
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: a) Tennessee Williams

The novella “Of Mice and Men” is written by:
a) John Steinbeck
b) J.D. Salinger
c) Harper Lee
d) Mark Twain
Answer: a) John Steinbeck

“The Call of the Wild” is a classic novel written by:
a) Jack London
b) Robert Frost
c) Edgar Allan Poe
d) Walt Whitman
Answer: a) Jack London

Which classic novel features the character Janie Crawford?
a) Beloved
b) Their Eyes Were Watching God
c) Go Tell It on the Mountain
d) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Answer: b) Their Eyes Were Watching God

“The Awakening” is a classic novel written by:
a) Kate Chopin
b) Willa Cather
c) Edith Wharton
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: a) Kate Chopin

Who wrote the classic novel “The Sound and the Fury”?
a) William Faulkner
b) James Joyce
c) Thomas Wolfe
d) Ernest Hemingway
Answer: a) William Faulkner

The play “Death of a Salesman” is authored by:
a) Arthur Miller
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Eugene O’Neill
d) Edward Albee
Answer: a) Arthur Miller

Who is the author of “The Sound and the Fury”?
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) William Faulkner
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: b) William Faulkner

The novel “East of Eden” is written by:
a) J.D. Salinger
b) John Steinbeck
c) Harper Lee
d) Kurt Vonnegut
Answer: b) John Steinbeck

“Invisible Man” is a classic novel written by:
a) Ralph Ellison
b) Langston Hughes
c) Richard Wright
d) James Baldwin
Answer: a) Ralph Ellison

Who wrote the classic novel “The Adventures of Augie March”?
a) Saul Bellow
b) Philip Roth
c) Norman Mailer
d) John Updike
Answer: a) Saul Bellow

“The Jungle” is a classic novel written by:
a) Upton Sinclair
b) Sinclair Lewis
c) Theodore Dreiser
d) Jack London
Answer: a) Upton Sinclair

Which American author wrote the classic novel “The Sound and the Fury?
a) William Faulkner
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: a) William Faulkner

“A Farewell to Arms” is written by:
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) John Steinbeck
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) Mark Twain
Answer: c) Ernest Hemingway

Who is the author of the classic novel “Go Tell It on the Mountain”?
a) James Baldwin
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Ralph Ellison
d) Toni Morrison
Answer: a) James Baldwin

“The Call of the Wild” tells the story of a dog named:
a) White Fang
b) Spot
c) Buck
d) Rover
Answer: c) Buck

Who wrote the classic novel “The Age of Innocence”?
a) Edith Wharton
b) Willa Cather
c) Kate Chopin
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: a) Edith Wharton

The play “Long Day’s Journey into Night” is authored by:
a) Eugene O’Neill
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Edward Albee
Answer: a) Eugene O’Neill

“The Old Man and the Sea” is set in which country?
a) Cuba
b) Spain
c) Italy
d) Mexico
Answer: a) Cuba

Who is the author of “The Grapes of Wrath”?
a) John Steinbeck
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) William Faulkner
Answer: a) John Steinbeck

The novella “Of Mice and Men” is written by:
a) John Steinbeck
b) J.D. Salinger
c) Harper Lee
d) Mark Twain
Answer: a) John Steinbeck

“The Awakening” is a classic novel written by:
a) Kate Chopin
b) Willa Cather
c) Edith Wharton
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: a) Kate Chopin

Who wrote the classic novel “The Sound and the Fury”?
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) William Faulkner
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: b) William Faulkner

The play “Death of a Salesman” is authored by:
a) Arthur Miller
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Eugene O’Neill
d) Edward Albee
Answer: a) Arthur Miller

Who is the author of “The Sound and the Fury”?
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) William Faulkner
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: b) William Faulkner

The novel “East of Eden” is written by:
a) J.D. Salinger
b) John Steinbeck
c) Harper Lee
d) Kurt Vonnegut
Answer: b) John Steinbeck

“Invisible Man” is a classic novel written by:
a) Ralph Ellison
b) Langston Hughes
c) Richard Wright
d) James Baldwin
Answer: a) Ralph Ellison

Who wrote the classic novel “The Adventures of Augie March”?
a) Saul Bellow
b) Philip Roth
c) Norman Mailer
d) John Updike
Answer: a) Saul Bellow

“The Jungle” is a classic novel written by:
a) Upton Sinclair
b) Sinclair Lewis
c) Theodore Dreiser
d) Jack London
Answer: a) Upton Sinclair

Which American author wrote the classic novel “The Sound and the Fury”?
a) William Faulkner
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) F. Scott Fitzgerald
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: a) William Faulkner

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