Question 1
Who wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby"?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- J. D. Salinger
- John Steinbeck
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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American Authors trivia quiz
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What the American Authors questions cover
- Classic Fiction
- Harlem Renaissance
- Contemporary Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Southern Fiction
- American Drama
- Civil Rights
- Memoir
- Modernism
- Poetry
- Science Fiction
- Southern Gothic
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Question 2
Which writer created the lawyer Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
- Toni Morrison
- Harper Lee
- Flannery O'Connor
- Eudora Welty
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Harper Lee
Question 3
Which American novelist wrote "The Shining" and "It"?
- James Patterson
- Clive Barker
- Stephen King
- Dean Koontz
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Stephen King
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