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Diagnostic Test in American Literature
I. Read items in Column A and in Column B. Match the author and his/her literary
work. Write the letter of the correct answer before ach number.
Column A Column B

1. Sinners in the Hands of Angry God a. Washington Irving

2. Huswifery b. Kate Chopin
3. The Crisis c. Samuel Clemens
4. Rip Van Wrinkle d. John Steinbeck
5. I am Nobody e. Robert Frost
6. Leaves of Grass f. F. Scott Fitzgerald
7. The Raven g. William Faulkner
8. The Scarlet Letter h. Stephen Crane
9. Self-Reliance i. Jack London
10. Little Women j. Louisa May Alcott
11. Huckleberry Finn k. Henry David Thoreau
12. Call of the Wild l. Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. The Open Boat m. Nathaniel Hawthorne
14. Story of an Hour n. Walt Whitman
15. The Great Gatsby o. Emily Dickinson
16. Grapes of Wrath p. Thomas Paine
17. Phenomenal Woman q. Maya Angelou
18. Walden r. Edward Taylor
19. Annabel Lee s. Jonathan Edwards
20. To Kill a Mocking Bird t. Harper Lee
21. A Rose for Emily u. Edgar Allan Poe
22. The Road Not Taken v. Herman Melville
23. Uncle Tom’s Cabin w. Harriet Beecher Stowe

II. Write at least five literary pieces from America that you have read. Include the
name of the author.
 Emergent Literature
1. Harry Potter
2. Twilight
3. Divergent
4. Insurgent
5. The Best Laid Plans
6. The Witness
7. Cry the Beloved Country
8. The Notebook
9. The Fault in Our Stars
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