Which author wrote a set of two poems focusing on adolescence, served as poet laureate of the U.S. from 1993 to 1995, and is considered one of the most indispensable American poets writing today?

Which of the following best summarizes Booker T. Washington’s depiction of his childhood in Up from Slavery?

Some noteworthy realist authors chose to focus their literary relism on the interior psychological states of their fictional characters.

Modernism is the term that best describes the experimental aesthetic movements of the post-World War II era.

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE of the Gilded Age and the Industrial Era?

This author was born to Chinese immigrant parents and is the author of No Name Woman.

Emily Dickinson received more critical acclaim and commercial success in her lifetime than Twain did in his.

The idea of the “Great American Novel” emerged decades before the Civil War.

Match the writings with their subject matter or theme.

Match the author’s name to the statement that is true of him or her.