Can You Pass This American Literature Quiz from 1911?
Can You Pass This American Literature Quiz from 1911?
The following questions were compiled from a collection of New York Regents exams and published in book format in 1911 for teachers to use as review material with their students. This particular quiz draws on questions about American authors and literature. How many can you answer correctly?
The following questions were compiled from a collection of New York Regents exams and published in book format in 1911 for teachers to use as review material with their students. This particular quiz draws on questions about American authors and literature. How many can you answer correctly?

State the class of writings for the following individual: Washington Irving.
Name the author of the following poem: Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Give the author and the occasion of the following statement: "With malice towards none and charity for all."
State the class of writings for the following individual: Noah Webster.
Name the author of the following poem: The Star Spangled Banner
For which of the following works is Longfellow known?
State the class of writings or some important work for the following individual: William Cullen Bryant.
Give the author and the occasion of the following statement: "We are one nation today and thirteen tomorrow."
For which of the following works is Hawthorne known?