The Great American Novel novel that generally embodies and examines the essence and character of America. The term was coined by John William De Forest iwho noted that the Great American Novel had most likely not been written yet. Enjoy The Great American Novel Quiz!
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The Great American Novel Quiz
Results
#1. Which American Novelist is famous for books The Bluest Eye (1970) and Beloved (1987)?
Unlucky! Toni Morrison is the correct answer
#2. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the sequel to which book?
Unlucky! It was the 2nd book in the series and the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
#3. One of Edith Wharton’s most famous books was..?
Unlucky! The Age of Innocence was the book
#4. Who wrote The Bell Jar, published in 1962?
Unlucky! Sylvia Plath wrote The Bell Jar
#5. Nick Carraway is a prominent character in which famous American Classic?
Unlucky! He was in The Great Gatsby
#6. Which American author was the first to win the Nobel for Literature?
Unlucky! Sinclair Lewis was the first to win it in 1930
#7. To Kill a Mockingbird features Atticus, Jem and Scout from which family?
Unlucky! It was the Finch family
#8. Truman Capote’s famous novella is Breakfast at …?
Unlucky! Breakfast at Tiffany’s
#9. Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?
Unlucky! It was J.D Salinger
#10. East of Eden by John Steinbeck was mainly set in which state?
Unlucky! The story was set in California
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