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           Do You Know American Literature?

1. What major American historical event did Rip van Winkle miss in his sleep?

      -The American  Revolution

2. Which 19th century American writer is said to be the founder of detective genne?

      - Edgar A.Poe

3. What penname did an American writer use to sign the numerous stories which he wrote in prison?

      - O. Henry

4. Which famous event happened in California in 1849 that  was glorified in films and books?

      - The Gold Rush

5. Name the American Science fiction writer born in Russia who wrote “I, Robot”

      - Isaac Asimov

6. Volkov’s book “The Wizard of the Emerald Town” is an adaptation of a book written by an American writer. What is the title of the book  and who is the American author?

      - “The Wonderful  Wizard of Oz” by L.Frank Baum

7. Name the American senator who was the prototype of the main character in Robert Penn Warren’s  novel “All the King’s Men”

        - Huey Long

8. Which American family compiled the first dictionary of the American variant of the English language?

         - Webster

9. Which two movies by Mark Twain are often called “the first modern American movies”?

         - (1) Huck Finn,  (2)Tom Sawyer

10. Which famous novel of Hermar Melville is concerned with an aquatic mammal?

        - Moby Dick

11. During which periods in American history was the novel “Gone with the Wind” set?

        -The Civil war and Reconstruction

12. Name the 1954 Nobel Laureate in Literature who wrote “The Sun Also Rises”

        - Ernest Hemingway

13. Who was the only American to win the Pulitzer Prize for both fiction and poetry?

          -Robert Penn Warren (poetry: “Brother to Dragons (‘53),”Promises (‘57)”, fiction: “ All the king’s Men (‘46)”, PL(‘86))

14. Name the Russian - born poet who was expelled from the USSR, emigrated to the USA, and passed away in New York City

         - Joseph Brodsky

15. Which famous poem of Longfellow was translated into Russian by Ivan Bunin?

       - “Song of Hiawatha”

16. Which famous Edgar A.Poe’s poem is named for a bird?

        - “The Raven”

17. Which American author wrote “The Last of the Mohicans”?

        - James Fehimore Cooper

18. Which famous American document begins with the words: “ We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…”

       -The Constitution of the United States

19. Name the largest library in the US

       - Library of Congress

20. Name “the Afro - American author of “Song of Solomon”,  “the Bluest Eye”  and “Beloved “ who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993

       -Tom Morrison