+10 Best American Literature Trivia and Quizzes in United States

Which iconic American writer was born in Boston in 1809?

Which of these American authors wrote the short story "The Black Cat"?

Which of the following male authors is American?

Which American author wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

What American author created the popular horror figure of Cthulhu?

Which of these American writers has won both a Nobel and a Pulitzer?

Which American author wrote "Pet Sematary" and "Carrie"?

Which of the following books was written by an American author?

Which iconic American author lived in Paris in the 1920s?

Which iconic American author wrote, "As I Lay Dying"?

Who is the author of the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?

Which American author famously lived in a cabin in the woods?

Which of these famous writers was born in the United States?

What American writer introduced the concept of "gonzo journalism"?

Which iconic American author wrote the story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?

"The New York Trilogy" is a series of novels by which American author?

Which American author wrote the short story "Rip Van Winkle"?

Missouri is home to a national forest named after which author?

Which American author wrote a book about Hell's Angels?

Which of these writers won a Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral?

Which of these is a character of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

Which of these classic American novels features a great white whale?

Jay Gatsby is a popular character from which famous novel?

What is Huckleberry's surname in the books by Mark Twain?

Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?

Who pursues the titular Moby Dick in Herman Melville's novel?

Which of these novels was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

The Overlook Hotel is the setting for which Stephen King's novel?

Who is the author of the novel "Of Mice and Men"?

Who wrote "Moby Dick"?

Who is the author of "The Game of Thrones" series of books?

What type of work is A Streetcar Named Desire?

Tom Clancy has written many books in which genre of fiction?

Which mountain is in Hemingway's short story "The Snows of ..."?

What character serves as the narrator of "Moby Dick"?

Which of these novels was written by Dan Brown?

Who is the author of the novel "On The Road"?

Who is the author of "The Catcher In The Rye"?

Which of these is a popular character from the novel Little Women?

In which Edgar Allan Poe horror story is a man walled inside a tomb?

Which of these books was written by Stephen King?

What literary style best describes Flannery O'Connor's work?

Who is the protagonist in the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"?

Which of these is a character in the 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Which of these novels is set during the Great Depression?

Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Old Man and the Sea"?

Hester Prynne is the main character in which Hawthorne novel?

What was the first name of 19th century American poet Whitman?

What is the surname of the sisters in the novel "Little Women"?

Who is the author of "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"?

Which of these is a non-fiction mystery novel written by Truman Capote?

The 2007 film "No Country for Old Men" is based on a novel by whom?

Dean Moriarty is a character in which classic American novel?

"The Bell Jar" is the only novel by which famous writer?

Who is the main character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" is a 1999 film based on a novel by whom?

Who is the author of the novel "A Confederacy of Dunces"?

Which book was L. Frank Baum's most famous work?

In the poem by Edgar Allan Poe, what did the raven say?

What book is the hero Atticus Finch from?

Who is the main focus of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby"?

What's the name of the protagonist of Salinger's Catcher in the Rye?

What 1900s children's novel female protagonist is from Kansas?

Which of these authors is known as the "Father of American Poetry"?

On which real person did Mark Twain base Huckleberry Finn?

The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved are novels by which writer?

For which book is American author Jack Kerouac most known?

Who wrote the famous historical fiction novel The Scarlet Letter?

What type of literature is "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Little Women is a film adapted from which author's novel?

Which of these famous American writers fought on D-Day?

Which of the following is not an American author?

Who wrote the novel "The Martian Chronicles"?

Which of these novels was written by American author Ernest Hemingway?

Who was the writer of the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood?

Which novel concludes with the line "After all, tomorrow is another day"?

Rhett Butler is a character in which famous American novel?

The 1851 novel 'Moby Dick' is about which type of animal?

Which of these books was written by Harper Lee?

What symbol is prominently featured in the novel "The Scarlet Letter"?

What comes after "Fahrenheit" in the name of a famous novel?

"The Invisible Man" is a 1933 film based on a novel by whom?

Which popular American author wrote the book "Slaughterhouse-Five"?

Who is Jay Gatsby's love interest in "The Great Gatsby"?

Ignatius J. Reilly is the main character of which iconic novel?

"Beloved" is a 1987 Pulitzer-winning novel by whom?

Which writer set his stories in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County?

What do the initials T.S. stand for in the name of the writer T.S. Eliot?

Which of these famous American women was a novelist?

Which American novel gave Route 66 its nickname, "The Mother Road"?

What American poet was awarded four Pulitzer Prizes?

What American writer debuted with a comic story about a jumping frog?

Which was American writer Theodor Seuss Geisel's pen name?

Which American author coined the term 'The Gilded Age'?

Which of these novels was written by William Faulkner?

Which of these novels was adapted into a film?

Which of these novels was published in 1953?

Which of these female American authors won a Pulitzer Prize?

Who wrote the famous poem called "The Raven" (1845)?

Which American poet is best known for his long poem 'The Waste Land'?

Which of these classic American novels is set in Boston?

Which famous American novelist created the character of Atticus Finch?

Sal Paradise is a character in which of these classic American novels?

Which of the following American novels was published in the 19th century?

Which iconic American author's real name was Chloe Ardelia Wofford?

Whose 1855 poetry collection is a landmark of American literature?

Which of these American authors wrote the novel "The Turn of the Screw"?

Which American author wrote the 2003 novel "Oracle Night"?

What is Mark Twain considered the father of?

What famous American writer was a descendant of one of the Salem witches?

Which American author wrote the poem "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"?

Scout Finch is the main character of which iconic American novel?

Scarlett O'Hara is a character from which 1936 novel?

From which novel is the main character Holden Caulfield?

Robert Langdon is the main character in which of these novels?

Blanche DuBois is a character from which play turned film?

Nick Carraway is the main character in which famous novel?

John Irving wrote a book about the world according to which character?

Which of these is the hero in the 1981 novel Red Dragon?

George Milton and Lennie Small are the main characters in which novel?

Celie is the main character in which American novel?

In which novel is Daisy Buchanan a character?

Tom Joad was the main character in which John Steinbeck's novel?

Which of these is a 1968 novel told from the perspective of a woman?

Ashley Wilkes is a character in which famous book?

Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Who wrote the novel Moby-Dick?

"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel released in 1929 and written by whom?

What U.S. novelist's home shelters several six-toed cats?

"Call me Ishmael" are the famous opening lines of which novel?

Which American Nobel Prize author wrote "The Sun Also Rises"?

Which of these authors wrote "The Illustrated Man"?

Which American author wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?

Samuel Clemens is the birth name of which famous writer?

What was Mark Twain's real name?

Mark Twain was raised in which US state?

Which animal was featured in Mark Twain's first successful short story?

What is the surname of "Tom" in the books by Mark Twain?

Tom Sawyer tricked his friends into painting what for him?

Mark Twain famously said that heaven was modeled after which country?

Where were Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer from?

What is the name of Tom Sawyer's love interest in the novels?

Which U.S. river appears in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

In which year was legendary American author Mark Twain born?

In which US state is Mark Twain National Forest?

Who was Tom Sawyer's best friend in Mark Twain's novels?

Who was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2017?

When was Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published?

"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" was written by Mark Twain and who else?

When was the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" published?