1. Which of the following was the preeminent female essayist of the Transcendentalist period in American literature?

2. Which of the following is NOT a recognizable theme in Henry James’s Daisy Miller?

3. Which author wrote Grendel - a retelling of the Old English epic Beowulf from the monster’s point of view?

4. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story 'The Birthmark - ' Aylmer commits a fatal error when his

5. Which novelist and critic wrote the successful play The Mouse Trap in 1889 that was set in the Boston Back Bay neighborhood?

6. To whom was William Bradford referring to when he used the term 'Saint' to describe some of his fellow voyagers at sea?

7. Which author is known as 'the Chekhov of the Suburbs' for his writings about the social mores and emotional yearnings of upper-middle class suburban families?

8. Which African-American poet integrated the rhythms of blues and jazz into his/her poetry?

9. Well - it was touching to see the queen blush and smile - and look embarrassed and happy - and fling furtive glances at Sir Launcelot that would have got him shot in Arkansas - to a dead certainty. The above quotation is from the work of

10. Which poet wrote the epic poem 'Paterson' about his hometown of Paterson - N.J.?

11. Conflicts between characters with traditional Southern values and the aggressive - rapidlychanging world of modern America forms one of the major themes in

12. The main characters in the poems and short stories of Edgar Allen Poe can best be described as

13. The main character of Chopin’s The Awakening is

14. Yoknapatawpha County appears in the works of

15. 'So far as Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice - North and South - does not rightly value the privilege and duty of voting - belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions and opposes the higher training and ambition of our brighter minds . . . we must unceasingly and firmly oppose [him].' Who is the author of the above passage critiquing Booker T. Washington’s position on African- American rights?

16. In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet - black bough. Which poetic form does the above poem most closely match in subject and rhythm?

17. Which influential epic poem symbolizes Western civilization as a dry desert needing the rain of spiritual renewal?

18. The passage was most likely written by

19. Which Boston Brahmin poet published The Courtship of Miles Standish in 1858?

20. What is the setting for the protagonist’s walk with the devil in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown?

21. The increased regional nature of American fiction in the 1800s was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

22. Who wrote the first American slave autobiography after obtaining his freedom?

23. May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: 'Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean - and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord - and he heard their voice - and looked on their adversity - etc. Let them therefore praise the Lord - because he is good - and his mercies endure forever. Yea - let them which have been redeemed of the Lord - show how he hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way - and found no city to dwell in - both hungry - and thirsty - their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord his loving kindness - and his wonderful works before the sons of men.' In the passage above - what form of oppression is the author writing about?

24. Which author’s polemical anti-slavery novel was first published as episodes in the weekly The National Era?

25. All of the following wrote of heroes wandering the open roads of America EXCEPT