American History Quiz
Authors and Poets
How well do you know your American authors and poets? Match the writer with a well-known
work he/she wrote. Careful, one answer isn’t used.
01. ___
Carl Sandburg
A. novel, Moby Dick
02. ___
Harper Lee
B. story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
03. ___
John Steinbeck
C. poem, Chicago
04. ___
F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. novel, The Sun Also Rises
05. ___
Theodor Geisel
E. poem, Mending Wall
06. ___
E. B. White
F. novel, Charlotte’s Web
07. ___
Washington Irving
G. novel, Gone With the Wind
08 ___
Robert Frost
H. novel, The Great Gatsby
09. ___
Ernest Hemmingway
I. story, The Cat in the Hat
10. ___
Margaret Mitchell
J. novel, To Kill a Mockingbird
K. novel, East of Eden
by Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D.
ANSWERS: 1-C, 2-J, 3-K, 4-H, 5-I, 6-F, 7-B, 8-E, 9-D, 10-G; Not used-A
by Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D.