Pub quiz questions for the term American Literature.
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Terms: |American Literature| |Nobel Prize| |William Faulkner|
Published: 22. 5. 2026.
If a literary clue brings together titles such as Absalom, Absalom!, Sartoris, Sanctuary, Mosquitoes, and Requiem for a Nun, it points toward one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century. What was his name?
William Faulkner
Terms: |American Literature| |Great Depression| |John Steinbeck| |The Grapes of Wrath|
Published: 21. 5. 2026.
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath begins with the Joad family being driven from their land during the Dust Bowl era. Their journey to California starts in a poor farming region of Oklahoma. More precisely, from which county and state do they come?
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Terms: |American Literature| |Stephen King|
Published: 12. 5. 2026.
One of Stephen King’s cult novels is centered on a dog that becomes a deadly threat to everyone around him. What is the title of this novel?
Cujo
Terms: |American Literature| |Stephen King|
Published: 6. 5. 2026.
Stephen King’s first published novel appeared in 1974 and told the story of a young girl with terrifying psychic powers. What was this novel called?
Carrie
Terms: |American Literature|
Published: 29. 4. 2026.
The 1958 film classic The Long, Hot Summer, set in the American South, is based on several literary works by one of the greatest American writers ever, especially the novel The Hamlet. What is the name of this writer, celebrated as one of the great chroniclers of the South and also the author of Sanctuary and Intruder in the Dust?
William Faulkner
Terms: |American Literature| |Film Adaptations| |Horror Classics| |Horror Fiction| |Stephen King|
Published: 28. 4. 2026.
Here is an easier one, somewhere between film and literature. Children of the Corn is regarded as one of the classic horror films, and it was based on a literary work. Who is the author of the story from which the film was adapted?
Stephen King