Can You Pass This American Literature Quiz from 1911?

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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?

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150 Comments

Jetty Newnham

7/9. Would have been nice to see some Walt Whitman, or Edgar Allen Poe.

mikeyparry

6/9. Could be better!

Gary Ellis

Very good quiz - made even better by including the answers. Thank you.

William Laughlin

mikeyparry, The QUIZ was from 1911.

Scott

6/9 "Almost! You were so close!" Not too bad for a Kiwi.

Pat Wells

8/9 Great quiz--thank you.

Alan Conyard

8/9. Quite good for a Brit. Thanks for answers.

cdowdy aks

100%! A challenging quiz to include Answers!🌹

mikeyparry

4 / 9. I don’t know much about American literature! I am British! Also, I was thrown by the questions referring to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln! Surely they were around before 1911 in the 18th and 19th centuries!