Historic American Authors Quiz
With the single stroke of a pen, entire social movements have risen and fallen. The written word has similarly impacted nations, brought mighty rulers low, and captured the spirits of certain cultures. For today’s quiz, we will be discussing some of the most prolific writers to come out of the U.S.A.
Literary authors will be the primary focus of this quiz. Poets and journalists will be excluded even though there have been many distinguished Americans in both categories. Rather, our topic for today are those Americans who wrote incredible pieces of fiction whether those be novels, short stories, novellas, or what have you. As long as they wrote iconic pieces of literary prose, they are viable to appear on this list.
Another key distinction to make is that many great American writers did not live exclusively in the U.S.A. throughout their lives. So, we’ll be going off of general academic consensus as to which authors were Americans. Even if you aren’t the most knowledgeable on the nation’s literary past, this quiz can still be helpful for you. Perhaps you will discover your next favorite read by combing through this compilation.
All of these writers impacted the cultural landscape in one way or another. We recognize their efforts as people who influenced the world by simply writing stories.
As much as to test, this quiz is meant to inform. So, we hope you come out of it knowing something new.
How much do you know about the artistic history of the United States? Take our Historic American Authors Quiz to find out.
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