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CSET English American Literature

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1. Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






2. Who wrote Breathing Lessons - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?






3. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Bradstreet






4. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Ernest Hemingway






5. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson






6. 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






7. Who wrote - The Naked and the Dead - during Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature






8. Who wrote - History of the Plymouth Plantation - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






9. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Ralph Waldo Emerson






10. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' by Walt Whitman






11. Who wrote The Pathfinder - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






12. Who wrote - The Tenth Muse - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






13. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edith Wharton






14. Who wrote - Common Sense - during the Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature






15. Who wrote - 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






16. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Lately Sprung Up in American by Anne Bradstreet






17. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Norman Mailer






18. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edgar Allan Poe






19. Who wrote The Deerslayer - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






20. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Letters from an American Farmer Crevecoeur.






21. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Crevecoeur.






22. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Color Purple by Alice Walker






23. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer






24. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack Kerouac






25. Who wrote Nature - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature






26. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Thomas Paine






27. Who wrote Walden - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






28. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler






29. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe






30. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Call of the Wild by Jack London






31. Who wrote - The Sun Also Rises - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature






32. Who wrote - The House of Mirth - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature






33. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Walt Whitman






34. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Walden by Henry David Thoreau






35. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: William Bradford






36. Who wrote - A Plain Discourse Showing Who Shall and Who Shall not Enter Heaven - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






37. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Henry David Thoreau






38. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper






39. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: On the Road by Jack Kerouac






40. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece is associated: History of the Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford






41. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Arthur Miller






42. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Tenth Muse by Anne Bradstreet






43. Who wrote - The Call of the Wild - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature






44. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Tyler






45. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Herman Melville






46. Who wrote - Letters from an American Farmer - and What is an American? - during the Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature






47. Who wrote The Prairie - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






48. Who wrote Moby Dick - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






49. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Declaration of Independence






50. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Increase Mathers