Who wrote Red Badge of Courage?

• A. Toni Morrison
• B. Carl Sandburg
• C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• D. Stephen Crane

Answer: (D)

This question tests your knowledge of who authored Red Badge of Courage. The novel, published in 1895, follows a young Union soldier as he confronts fear, courage, and the realities of war, and it helped define American realism in literature. The author who wrote this work is Stephen Crane, known for his concise, naturalistic style and focus on psychological experience in combat. The other writers listed are known for different works: Toni Morrison for modern American novels like Beloved, Carl Sandburg as a poet and writer of biographies, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a English Romantic poet. So Stephen Crane is the correct writer for Red Badge of Courage.