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CSET English American Literature

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






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






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






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






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






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: Norman Mailer






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: Jack Kerouac






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






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






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






13. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Common Sense by Thomas Paine






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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