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wrote Moby Dick?

  1. William Faulkner

  2. Herman Melville

  3. Mark Twain

  4. Edgar Allan Poe

The correct answer is: Herman Melville

Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick. Although William Faulkner, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allan Poe were all famous American authors, they did not write Moby Dick. William Faulkner is known for his works like The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, Mark Twain is known for his works like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Edgar Allan Poe is known for his works like The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher. Their famous works are often taught in schools and universities, but Moby Dick is not typically one of those books.