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CSET English American Literature

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






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






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






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






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






6. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: James Fenimore Cooper






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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: The Tenth Muse by Anne Bradstreet






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






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






44. Who wrote - Lately Sprung Up in American during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






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






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






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






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






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






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