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