Free American Literature MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Robert Hass
  • B. Jessica Hagdorn
  • C. Maya Angelou
  • D. Micheal Palmer

Explanation: Maya Angelou published “A Brave and Startling Truth” in 1996, a poem written for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

Correct answer: Maya Angelou
  • A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • B. Ernest Holmes
  • C. John Locke
  • D. John Locke

Explanation: Ralph Waldo Emerson, the leading American transcendentalist, was strongly influenced by Coleridge’s ideas about imagination, religion, and…

Correct answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson