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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






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






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






4. Who wrote The Raven - and Tell Tale Heart - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature






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






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






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






8. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 Declaration of Independence






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






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






25. Who wrote The Color Purple - Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)?






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






27. Who wrote - The Death of a Salesman - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature






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






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






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






31. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Charles Frazier






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






33. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack London






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






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






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






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






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






39. Who wrote The Pioneers - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






40. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Alice Walker






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






42. Who wrote Leatherstocking Tales - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature






43. Who wrote - Lately Sprung Up in American during the 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






45. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway






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






47. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Moby Dick by Herman Melville






48. Who wrote Cold Mountain - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?






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






50. Who wrote - One the Road - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature