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CSET English American Literature

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






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






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






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






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






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






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: Thomas Paine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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: 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' by Walt Whitman






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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