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CSET English American Literature
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1. Who wrote - The Call of the Wild - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Jack London
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
2. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Tyler
William Bradford
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
3. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' by Walt Whitman
Anne Bradstreet
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Jack London
Charles Frazier
4. Who wrote The Raven - and Tell Tale Heart - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Anne Bradstreet
Edgar Allan Poe
5. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Increase Mathers
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
6. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Anne Bradstreet
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Henry David Thoreau
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
7. Who wrote - History of the Plymouth Plantation - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Edgar Allan Poe
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
William Bradford
8. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Jack London
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
9. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Thomas Paine
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Norman Mailer
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
10. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece is associated: History of the Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
Walt Whitman
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
11. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Thomas Paine
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
12. Who wrote - The Sun Also Rises - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Ernest Hemingway
James Fenimore Cooper
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
13. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
14. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edgar Allan Poe
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
James Fenimore Cooper
15. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack Kerouac
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Jack London
Edgar Allan Poe
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
16. Who wrote - The House of Mirth - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Charles Frazier
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Edith Wharton
17. Who wrote - The Tenth Muse - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Anne Bradstreet
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
18. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Norman Mailer
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Ernest Hemingway
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
19. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: William Bradford
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Edgar Allan Poe
20. Who wrote - 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Walt Whitman
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
21. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Crevecoeur.
Anne Bradstreet
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Henry David Thoreau
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
22. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
Anne Bradstreet
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
23. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: A Plain Discourse Showing Who Shall and Who Shall not Enter Heaven by Increase Mathers
Jack London
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
24. Who wrote The Prairie - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
James Fenimore Cooper
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Herman Melville
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
25. Who wrote The Color Purple - Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)?
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Alice Walker
Jack Kerouac
26. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Lately Sprung Up in American by Anne Bradstreet
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Anne Bradstreet
Charles Frazier
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
27. Who wrote - The Death of a Salesman - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Arthur Miller
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
28. Who wrote Moby Dick - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Herman Melville
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
29. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Bradstreet
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
30. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Jack Kerouac
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
31. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Charles Frazier
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Edith Wharton
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
32. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
James Fenimore Cooper
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
33. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack London
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Alice Walker
Anne Bradstreet
Thomas Paine
34. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edith Wharton
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Charles Frazier
Edith Wharton
35. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Walt Whitman
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
36. Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
James Fenimore Cooper
Jack Kerouac
Anne Tyler
Charles Frazier
37. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Herman Melville
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
38. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Tenth Muse by Anne Bradstreet
Henry David Thoreau
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Anne Tyler
39. Who wrote The Pioneers - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
40. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Alice Walker
James Fenimore Cooper
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
41. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Arthur Miller
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
42. Who wrote Leatherstocking Tales - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
43. Who wrote - Lately Sprung Up in American during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Anne Bradstreet
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
44. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
45. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
46. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
James Fenimore Cooper
47. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Walt Whitman
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
48. Who wrote Cold Mountain - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Charles Frazier
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Anne Bradstreet
49. Who wrote Breathing Lessons - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?
Jack London
Anne Tyler
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
50. Who wrote - One the Road - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Edgar Allan Poe
Anne Tyler
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Jack Kerouac